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Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטhis sonבְּנוֹreignedוַיִּמְלֹךְin his place,תַּחְתָּיוand strengthened himselfוַיִּתְחַזֵּקagainstעַלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Chronicles 17:1
Study it in the app“Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.”
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2 Chronicles 17:1, word by word
- Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafat
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 “yehoshafat” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears- and strengthened himselfיִּתְחַזֵּקyitchazek
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “yitchazek” 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
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He placed a force in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.