2 Chronicles 32:33

Geneva Bible (1560)

So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the highest sepulchre of the sonnes of Dauid: and all Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem did him honour at his death: and Manasseh his sonne reigned in his stead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ֮ בְּֽמַעֲלֵה֮ קִבְרֵ֣י בְנֵי־דָוִיד֒ וְכָבוֹד֙ עָֽשׂוּ־ל֣וֹ בְמוֹת֔וֹ כָּל־יְהוּדָ֖ה וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ

Transliteration

And wa-yyiškab yəḥizqiyyāhû with-ʾăḇōṯāyw and wa-yyiqbərûhû in bə-maʿălēh qiḇrê bənê-ḏāwîḏ, and kāḇôḏ ʿāśû-for him in ḇə-môṯô all-yəhûḏāh and yōšḇê yərûšālāim; and wa-yyimlōḵ mənaššeh bənô in his place.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yyiškab*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he lay down/slept (euphemism for died)
• *yəḥizqiyyāhû*: proper noun - Hezekiah
• *ʾăḇōṯāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fathers/ancestors
• *wa-yyiqbərûhû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they buried him
• *bə-maʿălēh*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in the ascent of
• *qiḇrê*: masculine plural construct - tombs/graves of
• *bənê-ḏāwîḏ*: masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of David
• *kāḇôḏ*: masculine singular noun - honor/glory
• *ʿāśû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they did/made
• *ḇə-môṯô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his death
• *yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *yōšḇê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - inhabitants/dwellers of
• *yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *wa-yyimlōḵ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he reigned/became king
• *mənaššeh*: proper noun - Manasseh
• *bənô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son

Word Meanings

• *wa-yyiškab with ʾăḇōṯāyw*: slept with his fathers (euphemism for died)
• *bə-maʿălēh qiḇrê bənê-ḏāwîḏ*: in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David/upper part of the royal cemetery
• *kāḇôḏ ʿāśû*: they showed honor/gave glory/paid respect
• *ḇə-môṯô*: in his death/when he died
• *wa-yyimlōḵ*: reigned/became king/ruled as king

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memoriall of the iust shalbe blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rotte.
• Gen 50:10-11 : 10 And they came to Goren Atad, which is beyond Iorden, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seuen dayes. 11 And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden.
• Num 20:29 : 29 When al the Congregation sawe that Aaron was dead, al the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirtie dayes.
• Deut 34:8 : 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plaine of Moab thirtie dayes: so the dayes of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith, I saide, that thine house and the house of thy father should walke before mee for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be despised.
• 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 Then Samuel dyed, & all Israel assembled, and mourned for him, and buried him in his owne house at Ramah; Dauid arose and went downe to the wildernes of Paran.
• 1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 For els when my lord the King shall sleepe with his fathers, I and my sonne Salomon shalbe reputed vile.
• 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 So Dauid slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.
• 1 Kgs 11:43 : 43 And Salomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father: and Rehoboam his sonne reigned in his steade.
• 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 And they buryed him in one of his sepulchres, which he had made for him selfe in the citie of Dauid, and layed him in the bed, which they had filled with sweete odours and diuers kindes of spices made by the arte of the apoticarie: and they burnt odours for him with an exceeding great fire.
• 2 Chr 33:1-9 : 1 Manasseh was twelue yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and he reigned fiue and fiftie yeere in Ierusalem: 2 And he did euill in the sight of the Lorde, like the abominations of the heathen, who the Lorde had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he went backe and built the hie places, which Hezekiah his father had broken downe: and he set vp altars for Baalim, and made groues, and worshipped all the hoste of the heauen, and serued them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lorde, whereof the Lorde had saide, In Ierusalem shall my Name be for euer. 5 And he built altars for all the hoste of the heauen in the two courtes of the house of the Lorde. 6 And he caused his sonnes to passe through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom: he gaue him selfe to witchcraft and to charming and to sorcerie, and he vsed them that had familiar spirits, and soothsayers: hee did very much euill in the sight of the Lord to anger him. 7 He put also the carued image, which he had made, in the house of God: whereof God had said to Dauid and to Salomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer, 8 Neither will I make the foote of Israel to remooue any more out of the lande which I haue appointed for your fathers, so that they take heede, and do all that I haue commanded them, according to the Lawe and statutes and iudgements by the hande of Moses. 9 So Manasseh made Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem to erre, and to doe worse then the heathen, whome the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And the Lorde spake to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not regarde. 11 Wherefore the Lorde brought vpon them the captaines of the hoste of the King of Asshur, which tooke Manasseh and put him in fetters, & bound him in chaines, & caryed him to Babel. 12 And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lorde his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 And prayed vnto him: and God was entreated of him, and heard his prayer, and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome: then Manasseh knewe that the Lorde was God. 14 Nowe after this he built a wall without the citie of Dauid, on the Westside of Gihon in the valley, euen at the entrie of the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it very hie, and put captaines of warre in all the strong cities of Iudah. 15 And he tooke away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, & all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lorde, and in Ierusalem, and cast them out of the citie. 16 Also he prepared the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings, and of thankes, & commanded Iudah to serue the Lord God of Israel. 17 Neuerthelesse the people did sacrifice stil in the hie places, but vnto the Lorde their God. 18 Concerning the rest of the actes of Manasseh, & his prayer vnto his God, & the words of the Seers, that spake to him in ye Name of the Lord God of Israel, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel. 19 And his prayer and how God was intreated of him, and all his sinne, and his trespasse, and the places wherein he built hie places, and set groues and images (before he was humbled) behold, they are written in the booke of the Seers. 20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, & they buried him in his owne house: and Amon his sonne reigned in his stead.