Study it in the app“and he went down to the house of the king, into the chamber of the scribe; and look, there all the princes were sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes.”
and he went downוַיֵּרֶדto the houseבֵּיתof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְinto the chamberעַל לִשְׁכַּתof the scribe;הַסֹּפֵרand look,וְהִנֵּהthereשָׁםallכָּלthe princesהַשָּׂרִיםwere sitting:יוֹשְׁבִיםElishamaאֱלִישָׁמָעthe scribe,הַסֹּפֵרand Delaiahוּדְלָיָהוּsonבֶןof Shemaiah,שְׁמַעְיָהוּand Elnathanוְאֶלְנָתָןsonבֶּןof Achbor,עַכְבּוֹרand Gemariahוּגְמַרְיָהוּsonבֶןof Shaphan,שָׁפָןand Zedekiahוְצִדְקִיָּהוּsonבֶןof Hananiah,חֲנַנְיָהוּand allוְכָלthe princes.הַשָּׂרִים
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsroom, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “lishkat” appearsscribe
An official who writes and reads the documents of the king or the temple.
Where else “sofer” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsElishama
Elishama, chief of the tribe of Ephraim; other men bear the same name. It means "God hears."
Where else “elishama” appearsDelaiah
Delaiah: the name of several Israelites. The name means "YHWH has drawn out" (as one draws water from a well).
Where else “delayahu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsShemaiah
Shemaiah: a name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).
Where else “shemayahu” appearsElnathan
Elnathan. A personal name meaning "El has given." In 2 Kings 24:8 he is the maternal grandfather of King Jehoiachin, from Jerusalem; probably the same official of Judah of Jehoiakim's time (Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12). Others also bear it (Ezra 8:16).
Where else “elnatan” appearsAchbor
Achbor, the name of an Edomite, father of a king of Edom, and of an Israelite in the days of King Josiah.
Where else “achbor” appearsGemariah
Gemariah: a name meaning "YHWH has accomplished," borne by two men in Jeremiah's time.
Where else “gemaryahu” appearsShaphan
Shaphan, a man's name, like Josiah's scribe.
Where else “shafan” appearsZedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appearsHananiah
Hananiah: name of many Israelites. It means "YHWH has been gracious."
Where else “chananyahu” appears11And Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of YHWH from the book,
12 · This verse (above)
13And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book in the ears of the people.
