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Jehoahazיְהוֹאָחָזlay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwith his fathers,עִם אֲבֹתָיוand they buried himוַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּin Samaria;בְּשֹׁמְרוֹןand Joashוַ יוֹאָשׁhis sonבְּנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
2 Kings 13:9
Study it in the app“Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:9, word by word
- 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- 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 they buried himיִּקְבְּרֻyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- and 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- 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
8The rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9 · This verse (above)
10In year thirty-seven of Joash king of Judah, Joash son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned sixteen years.