Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָהוּsonבֶןof Ahabאַחְאָבbegan to reignמָלַךְoverעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןin yearבִּשְׁנַתseventeenשְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵהof Jehoshaphatלִיהוֹשָׁפָטkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהand he reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְoverעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלtwo years.שְׁנָתָיִם
1 Kings 22:51
Study it in the app“Ahaziah son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in year seventeen of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 22:51, word by word
- Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָהוּachazyahu
Ahaziah
Ahaziah: a name meaning "Yah has grasped" (has taken by the hand). It is borne by two kings: Ahab's son, king of Israel (1 Kings 22:51–2 Kings 1), and a king of Judah, son of Joram (2 Kings 8:25–9:29).
Where else “achazyahu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- began to reignמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- in yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- seventeenשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- seventeenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- of Jehoshaphatיהוֹשָׁפָטyhoshafat
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).
Where else “yhoshafat” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
50Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Joram his son reigned in his place.
51 · This verse (above)
52He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.