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The priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִיםand the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwho wereאֲשֶׁרin allבְּכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלpresented themselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּto himעָלָיוfrom allמִכָּלtheir territory.גְּבוּלָם
2 Chronicles 11:13
Study it in the app“The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel presented themselves to him from all their territory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 11:13, word by word
- The priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” 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- presented themselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears- their territoryגְּבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears
The context
12And in every single city he put large shields and spears, and he strengthened them very greatly. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
13 · This verse (above)
14For the Levites abandoned their pasturelands and their possession and went to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests to YHWH.