2 Chronicles 28:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הִכְנִ֤יעַ יְהוָה֙ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה בַּעֲב֖וּר אָחָ֣ז מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֤י הִפְרִ֙יעַ֙ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּמָע֥וֹל מַ֖עַל בַּיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

kî-hiḵnîaʿ YHWH ʾet-Yəhûdāh baʿaḇûr ʾĀḥāz melek-Yiśrāʾêl kî hiprîaʿ bîhûdāh ûmāʿôl māʿal baYHWH

Grammar Details

*kî*-*hiḵnîaʿ*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular hiphil perfect - for he humbled
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*ʾet*-*Yəhûdāh*: direct object marker + proper noun - Judah
*baʿaḇûr*: preposition + masculine singular noun - because of
*ʾĀḥāz*: proper noun - Ahaz
*melek*-*Yiśrāʾêl*: masculine singular construct + proper noun - king of Israel
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hiprîaʿ*: 3rd masculine singular hiphil perfect - he caused lawlessness
*bîhûdāh*: preposition + proper noun - in Judah
*ûmāʿôl*: conjunction + qal infinitive absolute - and acting treacherously
*māʿal*: 3rd masculine singular qal perfect - he acted treacherously
*baYHWH*: preposition + divine name - against Yahweh

Word Meanings

*hiḵnîaʿ*: humbled/subdued/brought low
*melek*-*Yiśrāʾêl*: king of Israel (here referring to Judah as the true Israel)
*hiprîaʿ*: caused lawlessness/made naked/loosened restraint
*māʿôl* *māʿal*: acting treacherously acted treacherously (emphatic construction)

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 21:2 : 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
Job 40:12 : 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Ps 106:41-43 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest , I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 16:15 : 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Gen 3:7 : 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:11 : 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Exod 32:25 : 25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked;(for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Deut 28:43 : 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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20And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
21For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
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