2 Chronicles 13:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁל֣וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֗ים מָלַךְ֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מִיכָיָ֥הוּ בַת־אוּרִיאֵ֖ל מִן־גִּבְעָ֑ה וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין אֲבִיָּ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָֽם׃

Transliteration

Three šānîm mālaḵ in-Yərûšālaim wə-šēm 'immô Mîḵāyāhû bath-'Ûrî'ēl from-Giḇə'āh û-milḥāmāh hāythāh between 'Ăḇiyyāh û-between Yārāḇə'ām

Grammar Details

*šānîm*: feminine plural - years
*mālaḵ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yərûšālaim*: proper name - Jerusalem
*wə*-: conjunction - and
*šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
*'immô*: feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*Mîḵāyāhû*: proper name - Micaiah
*bath*-: feminine singular construct - daughter of
*'Ûrî'ēl*: proper name - Uriel
*Giḇə'āh*: proper name - Gibeah
*û*-: conjunction - and
*milḥāmāh*: feminine singular - war, battle
*hāythāh*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - was, existed
*'Ăḇiyyāh*: proper name - Abijah
*Yārāḇə'ām*: proper name - Jeroboam

Word Meanings

*šānîm*: years
*mālaḵ*: reigned, ruled as king
*milḥāmāh*: war, battle, fighting, conflict

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 11:20 : 20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
1 Kgs 15:6-7 : 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
Josh 18:28 : 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Judg 19:14 : 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
Judg 19:16 : 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
1 Sam 10:26 : 26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Kgs 15:2 : 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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