2 Kings 18:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיְהִי֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁלֹ֔שׁ לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בֶּן־אֵלָ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מָלַ֛ךְ חִזְקִיָּ֥ה בֶן־אָחָ֖ז מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayehi in shənat three to Hosheaʿ ben-ʾElah melek Yisraʾel, malak Ḥizqiyyah ben-ʾAḥaz melek Yəhudah.

Grammar Details

*wayehi*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
*shənat*: construct state, feminine singular - year of
*Hosheaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ben*: construct state - son of
*ʾElah*: proper noun, masculine singular
*melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*Yisraʾel*: proper noun, masculine singular
*malak*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned/became king
*Ḥizqiyyah*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʾAḥaz*: proper noun, masculine singular
*Yəhudah*: proper noun, masculine singular

Word Meanings

*wayehi*: and it happened/came to pass/came about
*malak*: he reigned/became king/ruled

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 15:30 : 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
2 Kgs 16:2 : 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
2 Kgs 16:20-17:1 : 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 Kgs 18:9 : 9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
1 Chr 3:13 : 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
2 Chr 28:27-29:1 : 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Matt 1:9-9 : 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

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2 Kgs 18:2-3
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2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
2 Kgs 16:1-2
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1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
2 Kgs 17:1-3
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1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
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2 Chr 29:1-2
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1Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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2 Kgs 8:25-26
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25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
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2 Kgs 18:9-10
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2 Kgs 15:1
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1 Chr 3:13
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2 Kgs 13:1
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2 Kgs 9:29
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2 Kgs 3:1
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