2 Kings 21:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִד֙ וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנ֔וֹ בַּבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֜ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-yāsem 'et-pesel the-'ăshērāh 'ăsher 'āsāh in-the-bayit 'ăsher 'āmar YHWH to-Dāwid and-to-Shĕlōmōh bĕnô in-the-bayit the-zeh and-in-Yerûshālāim 'ăsher bāḥartî from-all-shibtêy Yisrā'ēl 'āsîm 'et-shĕmî to-'ôlām

Grammar Details

• *wa-yāsem*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he placed
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *pesel*: masculine singular construct - carved image of
• *'ăshērāh*: proper noun with definite article - the Asherah
• *'ăsher*: relative particle - which
• *'āsāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he made
• *bayit*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the house/temple
• *'āmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *Shĕlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
• *bĕnô*: noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son
• *zeh*: demonstrative adjective - this
• *Yerûshālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *bāḥartî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have chosen
• *shibtêy*: masculine plural construct - tribes of
• *Yisrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *'āsîm*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will put
• *shĕmî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *'ôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever

Word Meanings

• *pesel*: carved image/idol/graven image
• *'ăshērāh*: Asherah/sacred pole/goddess image
• *bayit*: house/temple/dwelling
• *bāḥartî*: I have chosen/I have selected/I have elected
• *'āsîm*: I will put/I will place/I will establish
• *'ôlām*: forever/eternity/long duration

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• 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.
• Jer 32:34 : 34 But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
• 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• 2 Kgs 21:4 : 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
• 2 Kgs 23:6 : 6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
• 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• 2 Chr 7:12 : 12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
• 2 Chr 7:16 : 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
• 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
• 2 Chr 33:7 : 7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
• 2 Chr 33:15 : 15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
• Neh 1:9 : 9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
• Ps 74:2 : 2 Remember{H8798)} thy congregation, which thou hast purchased{H8804)} of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed{H8804)}; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt{H8804)}.
• 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.
• Deut 16:21 : 21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
• 1 Kgs 8:44 : 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
• 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: