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There wasוַתְּהִיgreatגְדוֹלָהjoyשִׂמְחָהin Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִָםforכִּיsince the daysמִימֵיof Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהsonבֶןof David,דָּוִידkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthere had been nothingלֹאlike thisכָזֹאתin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
2 Chronicles 30:26
Study it in the app“There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 30:26, word by word
- There wasתְּהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- since the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of 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
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
25All the assembly of Judah rejoiced, and the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly that came from Israel, and the resident aliens who came from the land of Israel and those who lived in Judah.
26 · This verse (above)
27Then the priests, the Levites, arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy dwelling, to the heavens.