2 Chronicles 20:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי‪כֵ֡ן בָּ֣אוּ בְנֵי־מוֹאָב֩ וּבְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן וְעִמָּהֶ֧ם ׀ מֵֽהָעַמּוֹנִ֛ים עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayəhî after ʾaḥărê this kên, bāʾû sons-of bənê-môʾāb and sons-of bənê ʿammôn and with-them wəʿimmāhem from mē the hāʿammônîm against ʿal-yəhôšāpāṭ for the lammilḥāmâ.

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass
*ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
*kên*: adverb - thus, so, such
*bāʾû*: qal perfect 3rd plural - they came
*bənê*: construct masculine plural of *bēn* - sons of
*môʾāb*: proper name - Moab
*ʿammôn*: proper name - Ammon
*wəʿimmāhem*: waw-conjunction + preposition *ʿim* + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and with them
*mē*: preposition - from
*hāʿammônîm*: definite article + proper name + plural - the Ammonites
*ʿal*: preposition - against
*yəhôšāpāṭ*: proper name - Jehoshaphat
*lammilḥāmâ*: preposition *lə* + definite article + feminine singular noun - for the battle/war

Word Meanings

*wayəhî*: and it came to pass/happened/became
*mēhāʿammônîm*: possibly 'from the Meunites' (different reading tradition)
*ʿal*: against/upon/concerning
*lammilḥāmâ*: for war/battle/fighting

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 19:11 : 11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
2 Chr 32:1 : 1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
Ps 83:5-8 : 5 For they have consulted{H8738)} together with one consent: they are{H8799)} confederate against thee: 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants{H8802)} of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined{H8738)} with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Jer 10:24 : 24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Isa 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
1 Chr 4:41 : 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
2 Chr 19:5 : 5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

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