2 Kings 11:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן לְשָׂרֵ֣י המאיות הַמֵּא֗וֹת אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙ וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֑ד אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyittēn the-kōhēn to-captains-of the-hammēʾôt ʾet-the-ḥănît and ʾet-the-šəlāṭîm which belonged-to-the-king dāwid which were in-bêt YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *wayyittēn*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he gave
• *hakkōhēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the priest
• *ləśārê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - to captains of
• *hammēʾôt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the hundreds
• *ʾet-haḥănît*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the spear
• *wəʾet-haššəlāṭîm*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and the shields
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *lammelek*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to/belonging to the king
• *dāwid*: proper noun, masculine - David
• *bəbêt*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the house of

Word Meanings

• *ḥănît*: spear, lance, javelin
• *šəlāṭîm*: shields, equipment, weapons

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 8:7 : 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 18:7 : 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 26:26-27 : 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. 27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 5:1 : 1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
• 2 Chr 23:9-9 : 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
• 1 Sam 21:9 : 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.