Study it in the app“In year twenty-three of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned seventeen years.”
In yearבִּשְׁנַתtwenty-threeעֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנָהof Joashלְיוֹאָשׁsonבֶּןof Ahaziah,אֲחַזְיָהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהJehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזsonבֶּןof Jehuיֵהוּאbecame kingמָלַךְover Israelעַל יִשְׂרָאֵלin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand reignedseventeenשְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵהyears.שָׁנָה
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appearsJoash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsAhaziah
Ahaziah: a name meaning "Yah has grasped" (has taken by the hand). It is borne by two kings: Ahab's son, king of Israel (1 Kings 22:51–2 Kings 1), and a king of Judah, son of Joram (2 Kings 8:25–9:29).
Where else “achazyahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJehoahaz
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” appearsJehu
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” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearsIsrael
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” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsSamaria
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walked after the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin; he did not turn away from it.
