2 Kings 21:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָנָ֥ה מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִֽי׃

Transliteration

û-bānāh mizbĕḥōt in-bêyt YHWH 'ăsher 'āmar YHWH in-Yerûshālāim 'āsîm 'et-shĕmî

Grammar Details

• *û-bānāh*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he built
• *mizbĕḥōt*: masculine plural noun - altars
• *bêyt*: construct state - house of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *'ăsher*: relative particle - of which
• *'āmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *Yerûshālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *'āsîm*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will put/place
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *shĕmî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my name

Word Meanings

• *bêyt*: house/temple/dwelling
• *'āsîm*: I will put/I will place/I will establish

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
• Jer 32:34 : 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
• 1 Kgs 9:3 : 3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
• 2 Kgs 16:10-16 : 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. 14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
• Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose{H8799)} the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved{H8804)}. 69 And he built{H8799)} his sanctuary like high{H8802)} palaces, like the earth which he hath established{H8804)} for ever.
• Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
• Exod 20:24 : 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
• Deut 12:5 : 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: