And Solomonוַ שְׁלֹמֹהsoughtיְבַקֵּשׁto put to deathלְהָמִיתJeroboam;אֶת יָרָבְעָםand Jeroboamוַ יָרָבְעָםaroseיָּקָםand fledוַיִּבְרַחto Egypt,מִצְרַיִםtoאֶלShishakשִׁישַׁקkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand he wasוַיְהִיin Egyptבְמִצְרַיִםuntilעַדthe deathמוֹתof Solomon.שְׁלֹמֹה
1 Kings 11:40
Study it in the app“And Solomon sought to put to death Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:40, word by word
- And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- soughtיְבַקֵּשׁyevakesh
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “yevakesh” appears- to put to deathהָמִיתhamit
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamit” appears- Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםyaravam
Jeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appears- aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and fledיִּבְרַחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- Shishakשִׁישַׁקshishak
Shishak
Shishak: a king of Egypt who gave refuge to Jeroboam and later came up against Jerusalem in the time of Rehoboam (1 Kings 11:40; 14:25).
Where else “shishak” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and he wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- the deathמוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
39And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not all the days.’”
40 · This verse (above)
41And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?