2 Chronicles 17:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Also in the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Benhail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethaneel, and Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת שָׁל֜וֹשׁ לְמָלְכ֗וֹ שָׁלַ֤ח לְשָׂרָיו֙ לְבֶן־חַ֙יִל֙ וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה וְלִזְכַרְיָ֔ה וְלִנְתַנְאֵ֖ל וּלְמִיכָיָ֑הוּ לְלַמֵּ֖ד בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-in-šənaṯ šālôš to-məlḵô šālaḥ to-śārāyw to-ḇen-ḥayil and-to-ʿŌḇaḏyāh and-to-Zəḵaryāh and-to-Nəṯanʾēl and-to-Mîḵāyāhû to-ləlammēḏ in-ʿārê Yəhûḏāh

Grammar Details

• *šənaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'year of'
• *šālôš*: cardinal number, feminine singular - 'three'
• *məlḵô*: verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine singular - 'his reigning'
• *šālaḥ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he sent'
• *śārāyw*: noun, masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd masculine singular - 'his officials'
• *ḇen*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'son of'
• *ḥayil*: noun, masculine singular - 'strength/might/ability'
• *ʿŌḇaḏyāh*: proper noun - 'Obadiah'
• *Zəḵaryāh*: proper noun - 'Zechariah'
• *Nəṯanʾēl*: proper noun - 'Nethanel'
• *Mîḵāyāhû*: proper noun - 'Micaiah'
• *ləlammēḏ*: preposition + piel infinitive construct - 'to teach'
• *ʿārê*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'cities of'
• *Yəhûḏāh*: proper noun - 'Judah'

Word Meanings

• *śārāyw*: officials/princes/leaders
• *ḇen-ḥayil*: son of strength/capable man/valiant man
• *ləlammēḏ*: to teach/to instruct/to train

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In the third year of his reign, he sent his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach in the cities of Judah.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In the thirde yeare of his reigne sent he his prynces, Benhail, Obadia, Zacharias, Nethaneel & Michaia, to teach in the cities of Iuda:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in the thirde yere of his reigne he sent his princes, Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethaneel, and Michaiah, that they should teach in the cities of Iudah,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the third yere of his raigne he sent to his lordes, euen to Benhail, Obadia, Zacharia, Nethanel, and to Michaiahu, that they shoulde teache in the cities of Iuda:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 35:3 : 3 And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, 'Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. It shall not be a burden on your shoulders. Serve now the LORD your God and His people Israel.'
• 2 Chr 15:3 : 3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
• 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 And Hezekiah spoke comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
• Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it.
• Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar.
• Neh 8:7-8 : 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites helped the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
• Neh 8:13-14 : 13 And on the second day, the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites gathered to Ezra the scribe to study the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month:
• Neh 9:3 : 3 They stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Ps 51:13 : 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall be converted to you.
• Eccl 1:12 : 12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
• Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.
• Matt 4:23 : 23 And Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
• Mark 4:2 : 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
• Luke 4:43-44 : 43 And he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
• Acts 1:1 : 1 In the former book, O Theophilus, I wrote of all that Jesus began to do and to teach,