2 Chronicles 1:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל לְשָׂרֵי֩ הָאֲלָפִ֨ים וְהַמֵּא֜וֹת וְלַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים וּלְכֹ֛ל נָשִׂ֥יא לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָבֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Šəlōmōh to-all-Yiśrāʾēl to-śārê the-ʾălāpîm and-the-mēʾôt and-to-the-šōpəṭîm and-to-all nāśîʾ to-all-Yiśrāʾēl rāʾšê the-ʾābôt.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Šəlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *śārê*: noun masculine plural construct - chiefs/commanders of
• *ʾălāpîm*: noun masculine plural - thousands
• *mēʾôt*: noun feminine plural - hundreds
• *šōpəṭîm*: noun masculine plural - judges
• *nāśîʾ*: noun masculine singular - leader/chief
• *rāʾšê*: noun masculine plural construct - heads of
• *ʾābôt*: noun masculine plural - fathers/ancestors

Word Meanings

• *śārê*: commanders/chiefs/captains
• *nāśîʾ*: leader/prince/chief/ruler
• *rāʾšê*: heads/chiefs/leaders

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 28:1 : 1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 27:1 : 1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
• 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
• 2 Chr 29:20 : 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 30:2 : 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
• 2 Chr 34:29-30 : 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
• 1 Chr 13:1 : 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
• 1 Chr 15:3 : 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
• 1 Chr 15:12 : 12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
• 1 Chr 24:4 : 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
• 1 Chr 24:31 : 31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.