2 Chronicles 16:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע בֶּן‬ הֲדַ֜ד אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָסָ֗א וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י הַחֲיָלִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙ אֶל־עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן וְאֵ֖ת אָבֵ֣ל מָ֑יִם וְאֵ֥ת כָּֽל־מִסְכְּנ֖וֹת עָרֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyišmaʿ ben-hădad to hammelek ʾāsāʾ, and wayyišlaḥ ʾet-śārê haḥăyālîm who-to him to ʿārê yiśrāʾēl, and wayyakkû ʾet-ʿiyyôn and ʾet-dān and ʾēt ʾābēl māyim, and ʾēt all-miskĕnôt ʿārê nap̄tālî.

Grammar Details

• *wayyišmaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he listened
• *ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
• *hădad*: proper noun - Hadad
• *hammelek*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king
• *ʾāsāʾ*: proper noun - Asa
• *wayyišlaḥ*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he sent
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *śārê*: noun, masculine plural construct - commanders of
• *haḥăyālîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the armies
• *ʿārê*: noun, feminine plural construct - cities of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wayyakkû*: verb, hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they struck
• *ʿiyyôn*: proper noun - Ijon
• *dān*: proper noun - Dan
• *ʾābēl*: proper noun - Abel
• *māyim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
• *miskĕnôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - storage cities of
• *nap̄tālî*: proper noun - Naphtali

Word Meanings

• *wayyišmaʿ*: listened, heard, obeyed
• *śārê*: commanders, chiefs, captains
• *haḥăyālîm*: the armies, the forces, the troops
• *wayyakkû*: they struck, they attacked, they defeated
• *māyim*: waters, water supply
• *miskĕnôt*: storage cities, storehouses, supply depots

Referenced Verses

• Gen 14:14 : 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
• Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
• Judg 18:28-29 : 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
• Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
• 1 Kgs 9:19 : 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
• 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
• 2 Chr 8:6 : 6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
• 2 Chr 17:12 : 12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
• 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;