Study it in the app“And it happened, as he was speaking to him, that the king said to him, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should they strike you down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that Elohim has decided to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.””
And it happened,וַיְהִיas he was speakingבְּדַבְּרוֹto him,אֵלָיוthat the king saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Have we made youהַ נְתַנּוּךָa counselorלְיוֹעֵץto the king?לַמֶּלֶךְStop!חֲדַל לְךָWhyלָמָּהshould they strike you down?”יַכּוּךָSo the prophetוַ הַנָּבִיאstopped,יֶּחְדַּלbut said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas decidedיָעַץto destroy you,לְהַשְׁחִיתֶךָbecauseכִּיyou have doneעָשִׂיתָthisזֹּאתand have notוְלֹאlistenedשָׁמַעְתָּto my counsel.”לַעֲצָתִי
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabr” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netanu” appearscounselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoets” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearscease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadal” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yaku” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsdestroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “hashchite” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamata” appearscounsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “atsati” appears“Has decided” and “counsel” are in Hebrew from the same family of words as “counselor.”
15The anger of YHWH burned against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people that did not deliver their own people from your hand?”
16 · This verse (above)
17Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.”
