2 Kings 14:29

“Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.”

2 Kings 14:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 14:29, word by word

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).

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lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav

sleep in death

To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.

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with his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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with the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche

king

A king who rules a people.

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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.

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and Zechariahזְכַרְיָהzecharya

Zechariah

Zechariah: a name meaning "YHWH has remembered," one of the most frequent in the Bible. Borne, among others, by the king of Israel son of Jeroboam (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8), the son of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20) and the prophet of the book that bears his name.

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his sonבְנven

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch

reign

To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.

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The context

28The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought, and how he brought back Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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