2 Chronicles 33:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְשְׁר֤וּ עָלָיו֙ עֲבָדָ֔יו וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Wayyiqsherû ʿālāyw ʿăvādāyw waymîtuhû bevêtô

Grammar Details

• *Wayyiqsherû*: Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they conspired
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against him
• *ʿăvādāyw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *waymîtuhû*: Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and they killed him
• *bevêtô*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his house

Word Meanings

• *Wayyiqsherû*: conspired/plotted/formed a conspiracy
• *ʿăvādāyw*: his servants/his officials/his attendants

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And his servants{H5650} conspired{H7194} against him, and put him to death{H4191} in his own house.{H1004}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And his servants{H5650} conspired{H7194}{(H8799)} against him, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him in his own house{H1004}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And his seruauntes cospyred agaynst him, and slewe him in his house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And his seruants conspired against him, & slewe him in his owne house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And his owne seruauntes conspired against him, and slue him in his owne house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And his servants conspire against him, and put him to death in his own house,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  His servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 4:5-9 : 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on a bed at noon. 6 And they came there into the midst of the house, as though they were fetching wheat; and they struck him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his descendants. 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 10 When someone told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his news. 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth? 12 And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
• 2 Kgs 21:23-26 : 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house. 24 And the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
• 2 Chr 24:25-26 : 25 And when they departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
• 2 Chr 25:27-28 : 27 Now after the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent to Lachish after him, and killed him there. 28 And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.