1 Kings 22:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the King of Israel & Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah sate either of them on his throne in their apparell in the voyde place at the entring in of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophecied before them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֡ה יֹשְׁבִים֩ אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ מְלֻבָּשִׁ֤ים בְּגָדִים֙ בְּגֹ֔רֶן פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְכָ֨ל־הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-meleḵ yiśrāʾēl wî-hôšāp̄āṭ meleḵ-yəhûḏâ yōšəḇîm ʾîš ʿal-kisʾô məlubbāšîm bəgāḏîm bə-gōren peṯaḥ šaʿar šōmrôn wə-ḵāl-ha-nəḇîʾîm miṯnabbəʾîm li-p̄nêhem

Grammar Details

• *û-meleḵ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and the king of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wî-hôšāp̄āṭ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Jehoshaphat
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular construct noun - king of
• *yəhûḏâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *yōšəḇîm*: qal participle masculine plural - sitting/were sitting
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - each man
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon
• *kisʾô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his throne
• *məlubbāšîm*: pual participle masculine plural - clothed/arrayed
• *bəgāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - in robes/garments
• *bə-gōren*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in a threshing floor
• *peṯaḥ*: masculine singular construct noun - entrance of
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct noun - gate of
• *šōmrôn*: proper noun - Samaria
• *wə-ḵāl*: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all
• *ha-nəḇîʾîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the prophets
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: hitpael participle masculine plural - prophesying
• *li-p̄nêhem*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them

Word Meanings

• *bə-gōren*: on a threshing floor/in an open area/in a public place
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: prophesying/acting as prophets

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And when midday was passed, & they had prophecied vntil the offring of the euening sacrifice, there was neither voyce, nor one to answere, nor any that regarded.
• 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the King of Israel gathered the prophets vpon a foure hundreth men, and said vnto them, Shal I go against Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shal I let it alone? And they said, Go vp: for ye Lord shall deliuer it into the hands of the King.
• 1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, I will change mine apparell, and will enter into the battell, but put thou on thine apparell; the King of Israel changed himselfe, and went into the battel.
• 2 Chr 18:9-9 : 9 And the King of Israel, and Iehoshaphat King of Iudah sate either of them on his throne clothed in their apparel: they sate euen in the threshing floore at the entring in of the gate of Samaria: and all the Prophets prophesied before them. 10 And Zidkiah ye sonne of Chenaanah made him hornes of yron, and sayde, Thus sayth the Lorde, With these shalt thou push the Aramites vntill thou hast consumed them. 11 And all the Prophets prophesied so, saying, Go vp to Ramoth Gilead, & prosper: for the Lord shall deliuer it into the hand of the King.
• Esth 5:1 : 1 Mardocheus also bade Esther to go in vnto the king, & pray for her people, & for her countrey.
• Esth 6:8-9 : 8 Let them bring for him royall apparell, which the King vseth to weare, and the horse that the King rideth vpon, and that the crowne royall may be set vpon his head. 9 And let the raiment and the horse be deliuered by the hand of one of the Kings most noble princes, & let them apparel the man (whome the King will honour) and cause him to ride vpon the horse thorow the streete of the citie, and proclayme before him, Thus shall it be done vnto the man, whome the King will honour.
• Jer 27:14-16 : 14 Therefore heare not the words of the prophets, that speake vnto you, saying, Ye shall not serue the King of Babel: for they prophecie a lie vnto you. 15 For I haue not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophecie a lie in my name, that I might cast you out, and that ye might perish, both you, and the prophets that prophecie vnto you. 16 Also I spake to the Priests, and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lorde, Heare not the wordes of your prophets that prophecie vnto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the house of the Lord shall nowe shortly be brought againe from Babel, for they prophecie a lie vnto you.
• Ezek 13:1-9 : 1 And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying, 2 Sonne of man, prophecie against the prophets of Israel, that prophecie, and say thou vnto them, that prophecie out of their owne hearts, Heare the worde of the Lorde. 3 Thus sayth the Lorde God, Woe vnto the foolish Prophets that followe their owne spirit, and haue seene nothing. 4 O Israel, thy Prophets are like the foxes in the waste places. 5 Ye haue not risen vp in the gappes, neither made vp the hedge for ye house of Israel, to stand in the battel in the daye of the Lorde. 6 They haue seene vanitie, and lying diuination, saying, The Lord sayth it, and the Lorde hath not sent them: & they haue made others to hope that they would cofirme the word of their prophecie. 7 Haue ye not seene a vaine vision? and haue yee not spoken a lying diuination? ye say, The Lorde sayth it, albeit I haue not spoken. 8 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God, Because ye haue spoken vanytie & haue seene lyes, therefore beholde, I am agaynst you, sayth the Lorde God, 9 And mine hande shalbe vpon the Prophets that see vanity, and diuine lies: they shall not be in the assemblie of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel: & yee shall know that I am the Lord God.
• Matt 6:20 : 20 But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, & where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.
• Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses.
• Acts 12:21 : 21 And vpon a day appointed, Herod arayed himselfe in royall apparell, and sate on the iudgement seate, and made an oration vnto them.
• Acts 25:23 : 23 And on the morowe when Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pompe, and were entred into the Common hall with the chiefe captaines and chiefe men of the citie, at Festus commandement Paul was brought forth.