2 Kings 14:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשְׁנַת֙ חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַאֲמַצְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ יָרָבְעָ֨ם בֶּן־יוֹאָ֤שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וְאַחַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

Bi-shənath ḥămēsh-ʿeśrēh shānāh la-ʾămaṣyāhû ben-yôʾāsh melek yəhûdāh mālak yārābəʿām ben-yôʾāsh melek-yiśrāʾēl bə-shōmərôn ʾarbāʿîm wə-ʾaḥath shānāh

Grammar Details

*bi*: preposition - in
*shənath*: construct feminine singular - year of
*ḥămēsh*: cardinal number, feminine - five
*ʿeśrēh*: cardinal number, feminine - ten
*shānāh*: feminine singular - year
*la*: preposition - to/for
*ʾămaṣyāhû*: proper noun - Amaziah
*ben*: construct masculine singular - son of
*yôʾāsh*: proper noun - Joash
*melek*: construct masculine singular - king of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*mālak*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - reigned
*yārābəʿām*: proper noun - Jeroboam
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bə*: preposition - in
*shōmərôn*: proper noun - Samaria
*ʾarbāʿîm*: cardinal number - forty
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾaḥath*: cardinal number, feminine - one

Word Meanings

*yārābəʿām*: Jeroboam [II, distinguished from the first Jeroboam]
*mālak*: reigned/became king/ruled

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 14:27 : 27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
Hos 1:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amos 7:9-9 : 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Kgs 15:1-2
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1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
2 Kgs 13:1-2
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1In 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.
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2 Kgs 14:1-2
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1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
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2 Kgs 14:15-17
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15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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2 Chr 25:25
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25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
1 Kgs 14:19-20
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19And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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1 Kgs 15:1
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2 Kgs 15:17
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2 Kgs 15:8
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2 Kgs 15:32-33
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2 Kgs 8:25
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2 Kgs 15:23-24
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1 Kgs 22:41
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2 Kgs 15:27-28
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1 Kgs 14:14
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1 Kgs 15:33
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