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Joashיוֹאָשׁlay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwith his fathers,עִם אֲבֹתָיוand Jeroboamוְיָרָבְעָםsatיָשַׁבon his throne;עַל כִּסְאוֹand Joashוַ יוֹאָשׁwas buriedיִּקָּבֵרin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןwith the kingsעִם מַלְכֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Kings 13:13
Study it in the app“Joash lay down with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:13, word by word
- Joashיוֹאָשׁyoash
Joash
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” appears- lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “yishkav” appears- with his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- and Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםyaravam
Jeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appears- satיָשַׁבyashav
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashav” appears- on his throneכִּסְאkis
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kis” appears- was buriedיִּקָּבֵרyikaver
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikaver” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- with the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” 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
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
12The rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 · This verse (above)
14Now Elisha fell sick with the sickness of which he would die, and Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept over his face and said, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”