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Jehuיֵהוּאlay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwithעִםhis fathers,אֲבֹתָיוand they buriedוַיִּקְבְּרוּhimאֹתוֹin Samaria;בְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand Jehoahazוַ יְהוֹאָחָזhis sonבְּנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
2 Kings 10:35
Study it in the app“Jehu lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 10:35, word by word
- Jehuיֵהוּאyehu
Jehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appears- lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “yishkav” appears- his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- and they buriedיִּקְבְּרוּyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- and Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזyehoachaz
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz: a name meaning "YHWH has grasped" (holds by the hand). Borne by a son of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35; 13:1), by a son of Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:30), and it is another form of the name of Ahaziah son of Joram (2 Chronicles 21:17).
Where else “yehoachaz” 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
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
34The rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
35 · This verse (above)
36The days that Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty eight years in Samaria.