2 Chronicles 12:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י כְּהָכִ֞ין מַלְכ֤וּת רְחַבְעָם֙ וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ עָזַ֖ב אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

wa-yəhî kə-hāḵîn malḵûṯ rəḥaḇə'ām û-ḵə-ḥezqāṯô 'āzaḇ 'eṯ-tôraṯ YHWH wə-ḵol-yiśrā'ēl with him

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
• *kə-hāḵîn*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - when establishing/as established
• *malḵûṯ*: feminine singular construct - kingdom of
• *rəḥaḇə'ām*: proper noun - Rehoboam
• *û-ḵə-ḥezqāṯô*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and when his strength/when he became strong
• *'āzaḇ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he forsook/abandoned
• *'eṯ*: direct object marker
• *tôraṯ*: feminine singular construct - law/instruction of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *wə-ḵol*: conjunction + noun - and all
• *yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *'immô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him

Word Meanings

• *hāḵîn*: establish/make firm/prepare
• *ḥezqāṯô*: his strength/his becoming strong/his power
• *'āzaḇ*: forsake/abandon/leave
• *tôraṯ*: law/instruction/teaching

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 11:17 : 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
• 2 Chr 12:13 : 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
• 2 Chr 26:13-16 : 13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
• 1 Kgs 14:22-24 : 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 17:19 : 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
• 2 Chr 11:3 : 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
• Deut 6:10-12 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:10-14 : 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
• 1 Kgs 9:9 : 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
• 1 Kgs 12:17 : 17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
• Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
• Hos 5:10-11 : 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
• Hos 13:1 : 1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
• Hos 13:6-8 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
• Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.