2 Chronicles 13:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף אֲבִיָּה֮ אַחֲרֵ֣י יָרָבְעָם֒ וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עָרִ֔ים אֶת־בֵּֽית־אֵל֙ וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְאֶת־יְשָׁנָ֖ה וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־*עפרון **עֶפְרַ֖יִן וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

wə-yirdōph 'Ăḇiyyāh after Yārāḇə'ām wə-yilkōḏ from-him 'ārîm 'eth-Bêth-'Ēl wə-'eth-bənôtheyhā wə-'eth-Yəšānāh wə-'eth-bənôtheyhā wə-'eth-'Ephrayīn û-bənōtheyhā

Grammar Details

*wə*-: conjunction - and
*yirdōph*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he pursued
*'Ăḇiyyāh*: proper name - Abijah
*Yārāḇə'ām*: proper name - Jeroboam
*yilkōḏ*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he captured
*'ārîm*: feminine plural - cities
*'eth*-: direct object marker
*Bêth*-*'Ēl*: proper name - Bethel
*bənôtheyhā*: feminine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its daughters (dependent towns)
*Yəšānāh*: proper name - Jeshanah
*'Ephrayīn*: proper name - Ephrain/Ephron
*û*-: conjunction - and

Word Meanings

*yirdōph*: pursued, chased, followed
*yilkōḏ*: captured, seized, took
*'ārîm*: cities, towns
*bənôtheyhā*: its daughters, its satellite villages

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Referenced Verses

Josh 15:9 : 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
2 Chr 15:8 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
John 11:54 : 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
1 Sam 31:7 : 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
Josh 10:19 : 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Josh 10:39 : 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
Josh 11:12 : 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

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