2 Kings 13:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְשָׁלֹשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְיוֹאָ֥שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ יְהוֹאָחָ֨ז בֶּן־יֵה֤וּא עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן שְׁבַ֥ע עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

In shānâ twenty and three shānâ to Yô'āsh son of 'Ăḥazyāhû melek Yəhûdâ mālak Yəhô'āḥāz son of Yēhû' over Yiśrā'ēl in Shōmərôn seventeen shānâ.

Grammar Details

*shānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
*Yô'āsh*: proper name
*'Ăḥazyāhû*: proper name
*melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
*Yəhûdâ*: proper name - Judah
*mālak*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned/became king
*Yəhô'āḥāz*: proper name - Jehoahaz
*Yēhû'*: proper name - Jehu
*Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
*Shōmərôn*: proper name - Samaria

Word Meanings

*mālak*: reigned/became king/ruled
*melek*: king/sovereign

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 8:26 : 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2 Kgs 10:35-36 : 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
2 Kgs 11:4 : 4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
2 Kgs 11:21 : 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

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8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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12And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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