2 Chronicles 18:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying in this manner, and another saying in that manner.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה מִ֤י יְפַתֶּה֙ אֶת־אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיַ֕עַל וְיִפֹּ֖ל בְּרָמ֣וֹת גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר זֶ֚ה אֹמֵ֣ר כָּ֔כָה וְזֶ֖ה אֹמֵ֥ר כָּֽכָה

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer YHWH mî yəpatteh ʾet-ʾAḥʾāb melek-Yiśrāʾēl wə-yaʿal wə-yippōl in-Rāmôt Gilʿād wə-yōʾmer zeh ʾōmēr kākāh wə-zeh ʾōmēr kākāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *yəpatteh*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will entice/deceive/persuade
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾAḥʾāb*: proper noun - Ahab
• *melek-Yiśrāʾēl*: masculine singular noun construct + proper noun - king of Israel
• *wə-yaʿal*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he will go up
• *wə-yippōl*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he will fall
• *Rāmôt Gilʿād*: proper noun - Ramoth Gilead
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - this one
• *ʾōmēr*: qal participle masculine singular - saying
• *kākāh*: adverb - thus/in this manner

Word Meanings

• *yəpatteh*: entice/persuade/deceive/seduce
• *yaʿal*: go up/ascend/climb
• *yippōl*: fall/be defeated/die

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And the LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?' One suggested this, and another that.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the LORDE sayde: Wo wyll disceaue Achab the kynge of Israel, that he maye go vp & fall at Ramoth in Gilead? And whan one sayde thus, another so,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lorde sayd, Who shall perswade Ahab King of Israel, that he may go vp, and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one spake and said thus, and another said that.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lord sayd: Who shall deceaue Ahab king of Israel, that he may go vp and be ouerthrowne at Ramoth in Gilead? And one sayde this, another that.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD said,‘Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:20 : 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
• 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But if you will go, do it, be strong for the battle; God shall make you fall before the enemy, for God has power to help, and to cast down.
• 2 Chr 25:19 : 19 You say, Lo, you have struck the Edomites; and your heart is lifted up to boast; stay now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
• Job 12:16 : 16 With Him are strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His.
• Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
• Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive. 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
• Isa 54:16 : 16 Behold, I have created the smith who blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
• Ezek 14:9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
• 2 Thess 2:11-12 : 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Jas 1:13-14 : 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does He tempt anyone; 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.