1 Kings 14:19

“The rest of the deeds of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.”

1 Kings 14:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 14:19, word by word

The restיֶתֶרyeter

rest

What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.

Where else “yeter” appears
of the deedsדִּבְרֵיdivre

deeds

What someone did, set down in writing.

Where else “divre” appears
of 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).

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he foughtנִלְחַםnilcham

fight

To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.

Where else “nilcham” appears
he reignedמָלָךְmalach

reign

To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.

Where else “malach” appears
are writtenכְּתוּבִיםketuvim

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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the bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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of the chroniclesיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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of the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche

king

A king who rules a people.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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Translation note

“The book of the chronicles”: literally “the book of the deeds of the days,” that is, the annals of the kingdom. It is not the biblical book of Chronicles, but a record of the kings that the author cites as a source and that has not been preserved.

The context

18They buried him, and all Israel lamented for him, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the prophet.

19 · This verse (above)

20The days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty and two years; and he lay down with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

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