2 Chronicles 20:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט עַל־יְהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים֩ וְחָמֵ֨שׁ שָׁנָ֜ה בְּמָלְכ֗וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲזוּבָ֖ה בַּת־שִׁלְחִֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyimlōk Yehôšāfāṭ over-Yehûdāh son-of-thirty and-five šānāh in-mālkô and-twenty and-five šānāh mālak in-Yerûšālaim and-šēm ʾimmô ʿAzûbāh daughter-of-Šilḥî.

Grammar Details

*wayyimlōk*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he reigned
*Yehôšāfāṭ*: proper noun - Jehoshaphat
*Yehûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year
*mālkô*: qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reigning/becoming king
*mālak*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yerûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*šēm*: masculine singular construct - name of
*ʾimmô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother
*ʿAzûbāh*: proper noun - Azubah
*Šilḥî*: proper noun - Shilhi

Word Meanings

*wayyimlōk*: reigned/ruled/became king
*mālkô*: his becoming king/his accession/his reign

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 22:41-44 : 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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41And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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2 Kgs 22:1
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2 Kgs 15:33
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