2 Chronicles 21:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Elijah the prophet sent him a letter, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of David your father, says: Because you have not followed the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa king of Judah,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֤א אֵלָיו֙ מִכְתָּ֔ב מֵֽאֵלִיָּ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔יךָ תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־הָלַ֙כְתָּ֙ בְּדַרְכֵי֙ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט אָבִ֔יךָ וּבְדַרְכֵ֖י אָסָ֥א מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyāḇōʾ to-him miḵtāḇ from-ʾĒliyyāhû the-nāḇîʾ saying: Thus ʾāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhê Dāwîd ʾāḇîḵā, beneath that not-hālaḵtā in-ḏarḵê Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ ʾāḇîḵā and-in-ḏarḵê ʾĀsāʾ meleḵ-Yĕhûḏāh.

Grammar Details

• *wayyāḇōʾ*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it came
• *miḵtāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - writing/letter
• *ʾĒliyyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Elijah
• *nāḇîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prophet
• *ʾāmar*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *Dāwîd*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *ʾāḇîḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father
• *hālaḵtā*: verb, perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you walked
• *ḏarḵê*: noun, masculine plural construct - ways of
• *Yĕhôšāp̄āṭ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jehoshaphat
• *ʾĀsāʾ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Asa
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yĕhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah

Word Meanings

• *wayyāḇōʾ*: came/arrived
• *miḵtāḇ*: writing/letter/document
• *nāḇîʾ*: prophet/seer
• *ʾāmar*: said/declares/spoke
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
• *ʾāḇîḵā*: your father/ancestor
• *hālaḵtā*: you walked/you have walked/you went
• *ḏarḵê*: ways of/paths of/manner of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah, which said, "This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: Because you have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah..."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there came{H935} a writing{H4385} to him from Elijah{H452} the prophet,{H5030} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of David{H1732} thy father,{H1} Because thou hast not walked{H1980} in the ways{H1870} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} thy father,{H1} nor in the ways{H1870} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there came{H935}{(H8799)} a writing{H4385} to him from Elijah{H452} the prophet{H5030}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of David{H1732} thy father{H1}, Because thou hast not walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in the ways{H1870} of Jehoshaphat{H3092} thy father{H1}, nor in the ways{H1870} of Asa{H609} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063},

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But there came a wrytinge vnto him fro the prophet Elias, sayenge: Thus sayeth the LORDE God of thy father Dauid: Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of thy father Iosaphat, nether in ye wayes of Asa the kynge of Iuda,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And there came a writing to him from Elijah the Prophet, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehoshaphat thy father, nor in the wayes of Asa King of Iudah,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there came a writing to him from Elia the prophete, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehosaphat thy father, and in the wayes of Asa king of Iuda:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And there cometh in unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, Because that thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, The Lord, the God of your father David, says, Because you have not kept to the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or the ways of Asa, king of Judah,

• World English Bible (2000)

  A letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, 'Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet:“This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says:‘You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 14:2-5 : 2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. 3 For he took away the altars of the foreign gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves. 4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to obey the law and the commandment. 5 He also removed the high places and the images from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
• 2 Chr 17:3-4 : 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and did not seek after the Baal idols; 4 But sought the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the practices of Israel.
• Jer 36:2 : 2 Take yourself a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
• Jer 36:23 : 23 And it happened, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
• Jer 36:28-32 : 28 Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. 29 And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the LORD: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause man and beast to cease from there? 30 Therefore thus says the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen. 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
• 1 Kgs 15:11 : 11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done.
• 1 Kgs 22:43 : 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
• 2 Kgs 2:1 : 1 And it happened that when the LORD was about to take Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
• 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 And it happened, as they still went on and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
• Dan 5:5 : 5 In the same hour, fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Dan 5:25-29 : 25 And this is the writing that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word: MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting. 28 PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Ezek 2:9-9 : 9 And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent to me; and, look, a scroll of a book was in it; 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written on the inside and on the outside: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.