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He got upוַיָּקָםand cameוַיָּבֹאand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Samaria.שֹׁמְרוֹןHe wasהוּאat Beth-ekedבֵּית עֵקֶדof the shepherdsהָרֹעִיםon the way,בַּדָּרֶךְ
2 Kings 10:12
Study it in the app“He got up and came and went to Samaria. He was at Beth-eked of the shepherds on the way,”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 10:12, word by word
- He got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- at Beth-ekedבֵּיתbet
Beth-eked
Beth-eked. The name of a place on the way from Jezreel to Samaria (2 Kings 10:12, 14). The lexicon explains it as "house of binding," perhaps where shepherds tied the sheep for shearing.
Where else “bet” appears- of the shepherdsהָרֹעִיםharoim
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “haroim” appears- on the wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
Translation note
“Beth-eked of the shepherds”: a place name; the lexicon explains it as “house of binding,” where sheep are tied for shearing.
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
11Jehu struck all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close friends and his priests, until he left him no survivor.
12 · This verse (above)
13and Jehu found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” They said, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the lady.”