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And it happenedוַיְהִיin yearבִּשְׁנַתthreeשָׁלֹשׁof Hosheaלְהוֹשֵׁעַsonבֶּןof Elah,אֵלָהkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלthat Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהsonבֶןof Ahaz,אָחָזkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהbecame king.מָלַךְ
2 Kings 18:1
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2 Kings 18:1, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- of Hosheaהוֹשֵׁעַhoshea
Hoshea
Hoshea, the first name of Joshua son of Nun; other men bear it later, among them the prophet Hosea. It means "salvation" or "deliverer."
Where else “hoshea” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Elahאֵלָהela
Elah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “ela” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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- that Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהchizkiya
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “chizkiya” appears- of Ahazאָחָזachaz
Ahaz
Ahaz: a name meaning "he has grasped" (short form of Jehoahaz). King of Judah, son of Jotham and father of Hezekiah (2 Kings 15:38; 16); also a descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:35).
Where else “achaz” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears- became kingמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears
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2 Kings 18:1-8
1And it happened in year three of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, became king. 2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi daughter of Zechariah. 3He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father had done. 4He removed the high places, broke the standing stones, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel had been burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. 5In YHWH the Elohim of Israel he trusted; and after him there was not one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him. 6He clung to YHWH; he did not turn away from following him, but kept his commandments that YHWH commanded Moses. 7YHWH was with him; wherever he went out, he acted wisely. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territories, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
1Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that David his father had done.
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2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abi daughter of Zechariah.