1 Kings 22:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲזוּבָ֖ה בַּת־שִׁלְחִֽי׃

Transliteration

yəhôšāp̄āṭ son-of-thirty and-five šānāh in-his-becoming-king, and-twenty and-five šānāh mālak in-yərûšālāʾim. And-name his-mother ʿăzûḇāh daughter-of-šilḥî.

Grammar Details

*yəhôšāp̄āṭ*: proper noun - Jehoshaphat
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*mālak*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned/became king
*yərûšālāʾim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*ʿăzûḇāh*: proper noun - Azubah
*šilḥî*: proper noun - Shilhi

Word Meanings

*mālak*: reigned/ruled

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 14:21 : 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
1 Kgs 15:2 : 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
1 Kgs 15:10 : 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
2 Kgs 1:17 : 17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
2 Kgs 8:16 : 16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

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31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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