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Joashיְהוֹאָשׁlay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwith his fathersעִם אֲבֹתָיוand was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵרin Samariaבְּשֹׁמְרוֹןwith the kingsעִם מַלְכֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand Jeroboamוַ יָרָבְעָםhis sonבְּנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
2 Kings 14:16
Study it in the app“Joash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 14:16, word by word
- Joashיְהוֹאָשׁyehoash
Joash
Joash (the long Hebrew form of the name, Jehoash). It means "YHWH has given." Two kings bear it: Joash of Judah, son of Ahaziah, saved as a child and made king at seven (2 Kings 11–12), and Joash of Israel, son of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 13–14).
Where else “yehoash” 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 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- 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- 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
15The rest of the acts of Joash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
16 · This verse (above)
17Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.