2 Chronicles 18:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And the king of Israel and Iehosaphat king of Iuda, sate eyther of them on his seate in their apparell, in a thresshing floore beside the gate of Samaria, & al the prophetes prophecied before the.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֡ה יוֹשְׁבִים֩ אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ מְלֻבָּשִׁ֤ים בְּגָדִים֙ וְיֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּגֹ֔רֶן פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְכָל־הַ֨נְּבִיאִ֔ים מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם

Transliteration

And-meleḵ Yiśrāʾēl and-Yəhôšāpāṭ meleḵ-Yəhûḏāh yôšəḇîm ʾîš on-his-kissēʾ məlubbāšîm bəgāḏîm and-yôšəḇîm in-gōren peṯaḥ šaʿar Šōmrôn and-all-the-nəḇîʾîm miṯnabbəʾîm before-them

Grammar Details

• *meleḵ*: masculine singular noun in construct - king of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *Yəhôšāpāṭ*: proper noun, masculine - Jehoshaphat
• *Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yôšəḇîm*: qal participle masculine plural - sitting
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each
• *kissēʾ*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his throne
• *məlubbāšîm*: pual participle masculine plural - clothed/dressed
• *bəgāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - garments/clothes
• *gōren*: masculine singular noun - threshing floor/open place
• *peṯaḥ*: masculine singular construct - entrance of
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct - gate of
• *Šōmrôn*: proper noun, feminine - Samaria
• *nəḇîʾîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the prophets
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: hitpael participle masculine plural - prophesying

Word Meanings

• *yôšəḇîm*: sitting/dwelling/remaining
• *kissēʾ*: throne/seat
• *məlubbāšîm*: clothed/dressed/arrayed
• *bəgāḏîm*: garments/clothes/robes
• *gōren*: threshing floor/open place
• *peṯaḥ*: entrance/doorway/opening
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: prophesying/predicting/proclaiming

Referenced Verses

• Ruth 4:1 : 1 Then went Booz vp to the gate, and sat him downe there: and beholde, the kinsman of which Booz spake, came by, vnto whom, he sayde: Ho, suche one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, & sat downe.
• 1 Kgs 22:10-12 : 10 And the king of Israel, and Iehosaphat the king of Iuda, sate eyther in his seate, and their apparell on them, in a voyde place besyde the entring in of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophetes prophecied before them. 11 And Zedekia the sonne of Chanaana made hornes of iron, and sayde, thus sayth the Lord: With these hornes shalt thou pushe the Syrians, vntill thou haue made an ende of them. 12 And all the prophetes prophecied euen so, saying: Go vp to Ramoth in Gilead, and prosper: for the Lorde shall deliuer it into the kinges hande.
• 2 Chr 18:29 : 29 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat, I must chaunge me when I go to the battell: but see that thou haue thyne owne apparel vpon thee. And the king of Israel chaunged him selfe, and they came to the battel.
• Isa 14:9 : 9 Hell also beneath trembleth to meete thee at thy commyng, and for thy sake hath raysed his dead, all mightie men and princes of the earth, all kynges of the earth stande vp from their seates,
• Jer 27:14-16 : 14 Therfore geue no eare vnto those prophetes that tell you, Ye shall not serue the kyng of Babylon: for they preache you lyes. 15 Neither haue I sent them saith the Lorde: howbeit they are bolde falsly to prophecie in my name, that I myght the sooner driue you out, and that ye myght perishe, with your preachers. 16 I speake to the priestes also, and to all this people: Thus saith the Lorde, Heare not the wordes of your prophetes that preache vnto you, and say, Beholde, the vessels of the Lordes house shall shortly be brought hyther agayne from Babylon: for they prophecie lyes vnto you.
• Ezek 26:16 : 16 All princes of the sea shal come downe from their thrones, they shall lay away their robes, & put of their broidred garmentes, yea with trembling shall they be clothed, they shal sit vpon the ground, they shalbe astonished at euery moment, and be amased at thee.
• Dan 7:9 : 9 I behelde till the thrones were set vp, & the auncient of dayes did sit: whose garment was white as snowe, and the heeres of his head lyke the pure wooll: his throne was like the firie flambe, and his wheeles as burning fire.
• Matt 6:29 : 29 And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his royaltie, was not arayed lyke one of these.
• Matt 11:8 : 8 Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses.
• Matt 19:28 : 28 Iesus sayde vnto them: veryly I say vnto you, that when the sonne of man shall syt in the throne of his maiestie, ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration, shall syt also vpon twelue seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.