2 Chronicles 18:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה הֲתֵלֵ֥ךְ עִמִּ֖י רָמֹ֣ת גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ כָּמ֤וֹנִי כָמ֙וֹךָ֙ וּכְעַמְּךָ֣ עַמִּ֔י וְעִמְּךָ֖ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer ʾAḥʾāb meleḵ-Yiśrāʾēl to-Yəhôšāpāṭ meleḵ Yəhûḏāh hă-ṯēlēḵ with-me Rāmōṯ Gilʿāḏ wə-yōʾmer to-him like-me like-you and-like-your-people my-people and-with-you in-the-milḥāmāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾAḥʾāb*: proper noun, masculine - Ahab
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular noun in construct - king of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *Yəhôšāpāṭ*: proper noun, masculine - Jehoshaphat
• *Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
• *hă-ṯēlēḵ*: interrogative particle + qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - will you go?
• *Rāmōṯ*: proper noun - Ramoth
• *Gilʿāḏ*: proper noun - Gilead
• *milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the battle/war

Word Meanings

• *hă-ṯēlēḵ*: will you go?/would you go?
• *milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:4 : 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
• 2 Kgs 3:7 : 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
• Ps 139:21 : 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
• Eph 5:11 : 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
• 2 John 1:10-11 : 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.