2 Chronicles 17:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת שָׁל֜וֹשׁ לְמָלְכ֗וֹ שָׁלַ֤ח לְשָׂרָיו֙ לְבֶן־חַ֙יִל֙ וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה וְלִזְכַרְיָ֔ה וְלִנְתַנְאֵ֖ל וּלְמִיכָיָ֑הוּ לְלַמֵּ֖ד בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-in-šənaṯ šālôš to-məlḵô šālaḥ to-śārāyw to-ḇen-ḥayil and-to-ʿŌḇaḏyāh and-to-Zəḵaryāh and-to-Nəṯanʾēl and-to-Mîḵāyāhû to-ləlammēḏ in-ʿārê Yəhûḏāh

Grammar Details

*šənaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'year of'
*šālôš*: cardinal number, feminine singular - 'three'
*məlḵô*: verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine singular - 'his reigning'
*šālaḥ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he sent'
*śārāyw*: noun, masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine singular - 'his officials'
*ḇen*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'son of'
*ḥayil*: noun, masculine singular - 'strength/might/ability'
*ʿŌḇaḏyāh*: proper noun - 'Obadiah'
*Zəḵaryāh*: proper noun - 'Zechariah'
*Nəṯanʾēl*: proper noun - 'Nethanel'
*Mîḵāyāhû*: proper noun - 'Micaiah'
*ləlammēḏ*: preposition + piel infinitive construct - 'to teach'
*ʿārê*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'cities of'
*Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - 'Judah'

Word Meanings

*śārāyw*: officials/princes/leaders
*ḇen-ḥayil*: son of strength/capable man/valiant man
*ləlammēḏ*: to teach/to instruct/to train

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2 Chr 35:3 : 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
2 Chr 15:3 : 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chr 30:22 : 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Neh 8:7-8 : 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Neh 8:13-14 : 13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
Neh 9:3 : 3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Ps 51:13 : 13 Then will I teach{H8762)} transgressors{H8802)} thy ways; and sinners shall be converted{H8799)} unto thee.
Eccl 1:12 : 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Matt 4:23 : 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Mark 4:2 : 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Luke 4:43-44 : 43 And he said unto them , I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Acts 1:1 : 1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

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