Study it in the app“He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the resident aliens with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and from Simeon; for great numbers from Israel had gone over to him when they saw that YHWH his Elohim was with him.”
He gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּץallכָּלJudahיְהוּדָהand Benjamin,וּבִנְיָמִןand the resident aliensוְהַגָּרִיםwith themעִמָּהֶםfrom Ephraimמֵאֶפְרַיִםand Manassehוּמְנַשֶּׁהand from Simeon;וּמִשִּׁמְעוֹןforכִּיgreat numbersלָרֹבfrom Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵלhad gone overנָפְלוּto himעָלָיוwhen they sawבִּרְאֹתָםthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhis Elohimאֱלֹהָיוwas with him.עִמּוֹ
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikbots” appearsJudah
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” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appearssojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “garim” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsSimeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearsIsrael
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” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “naflu” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “reota” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy, Oded the prophet, he grew strong and removed the detestable things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of YHWH that was in front of the portico of YHWH.
9 · This verse (above)
10They gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of year fifteen of the reign of Asa.
