2 Kings 11:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹצִ֣א אֶת־בֶּן־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֤ן עָלָיו֙ אֶת־הַנֵּ֙זֶר֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣עֵד֔וּת וַיַּמְלִ֥כוּ אֹת֖וֹ וַיִּמְשָׁחֻ֑הוּ וַיַּכּוּ־כָ֔ף וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ יְחִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayyôṣîʾ ʾet-son-of-the-king and wayyittēn upon-him ʾet-the-nēzer and ʾet-the-ʿēdût and wayyamlîkû him and wayyimšāḥûhû; and wayyakkû-kāp and wayyōʾmərû yəḥî the-king.

Grammar Details

• *wayyôṣîʾ*: verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he brought out
• *ʾet-ben-hammelek*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the son of the king
• *wayyittēn*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he put
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him
• *ʾet-hannēzer*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the crown/diadem
• *wəʾet-hāʿēdût*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and the testimony
• *wayyamlîkû*: verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they made king
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - him
• *wayyimšāḥûhû*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they anointed him
• *wayyakkû-kāp*: verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural + noun, feminine singular - and they clapped palm(s)
• *wayyōʾmərû*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *yəḥî*: verb, qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - may he live
• *hammelek*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king

Word Meanings

• *nēzer*: crown, diadem, consecration, separation
• *ʿēdût*: testimony, witness, evidence, possibly covenant document
• *wayyamlîkû*: made king, crowned, caused to reign
• *wayyimšāḥûhû*: anointed him, consecrated him with oil
• *wayyakkû-kāp*: clapped hands/palms, applauded
• *yəḥî hammelek*: Long live the king, May the king live

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:16 : 16 Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
• 1 Sam 10:24 : 24 And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!
• Exod 31:18 : 18 And when his talk with Moses on Mount Sinai was ended, he gave him the two stones of the law, two stones on which was the writing made by the finger of God.
• 2 Sam 1:10 : 10 So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.
• 1 Kgs 1:39 : 39 And Zadok the priest took the vessel of oil out of the Tent, and put the holy oil on Solomon. And when the horn was sounded, all the people said, Long life to King Solomon!
• Deut 17:18-20 : 18 And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care: 19 And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws: 20 So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.
• 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:
• 2 Sam 16:16 : 16 Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!
• 2 Kgs 11:2 : 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, with the woman who took care of him, away from among the king's sons who were put to death, and put him in the bedroom; and they kept him safe from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.
• Ps 47:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.
• Ps 98:8 : 8 Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together,
• Isa 55:12 : 12 For you will go out with joy, and be guided in peace: the mountains and the hills will make melody before you, and all the trees of the fields will make sounds of joy.
• Lam 4:20 : 20 Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.
• Dan 3:9 : 9 They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O King, have life for ever.
• Dan 6:21 : 21 And when he came near the hole where Daniel was, he gave a loud cry of grief; the king made answer and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whose servant you are at all times, able to keep you safe from the lions?
• Matt 21:9 : 9 And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
• Matt 27:29 : 29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
• 2 Cor 1:21 : 21 Now he who makes our faith strong together with you, in Christ, and has given us of his grace, is God;
• Heb 1:9 : 9 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
• Heb 2:9 : 9 But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, crowned with glory and honour, because he let himself be put to death so that by the grace of God he might undergo death for all men.
• Rev 19:12 : 12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.
• Ps 132:18 : 18 His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining.
• Isa 8:16 : 16 Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...
• Ps 72:15-17 : 15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day. 16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth. 17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
• Ps 78:5 : 5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;
• Ps 89:39 : 39 You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.
• 2 Kgs 11:4 : 4 Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.
• 2 Chr 23:11 : 11 Then they made the king's son come out, and they put the crown on his head and gave him the arm-bands and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons put the holy oil on him and said, Long life to the king.
• Esth 2:17 : 17 And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
• Esth 6:8 : 8 Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:
• Ps 21:3 : 3 For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
• 1 Kgs 1:34 : 34 And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet put the holy oil on him to make him king over Israel; and sounding the horn say, Long life to King Solomon!
• 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power. So Samuel went back to Ramah.
• 2 Sam 2:4 : 4 And the men of Judah came there, and with the holy oil made David king over the people of Judah. And word came to David that it was the men of Jabesh-gilead who put Saul's body in its last resting-place.
• 2 Sam 2:7 : 7 Then let your hands be strong, and have no fear: though Saul your lord is dead, the people of Judah have made me their king.
• 2 Sam 5:3 : 3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.
• 2 Sam 12:30 : 30 And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
• 2 Kgs 9:3 : 3 Then take the bottle and put the oil on his head, and say, The Lord says, I have put the holy oil on you to make you king over Israel. Then, opening the door, go in flight, without waiting.