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2 Kings 12

1 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • In the seventh H7651 (שֶׁבַע) — seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • of Jehu H3058 (יֵהוּא) — Jehu, the name of five Israelites
  • Jehoash H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ) — Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
  • began to reign H4427 (מָלַךְ) — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
  • and forty H705 (אַרְבָּעִים) — forty
  • years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • reigned H4427 (מָלַךְ) — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
  • he in Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • And his mother’s H517 (אֵם) — a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
  • name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • Zibiah H6645 (צִבְיָּה) — Tsibjah, an Israelite
  • of Beer–sheba H884 (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע) — Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine

2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And Jehoash H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ) — Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
  • did H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • right H3477 (יָשָׁר) — straight (literally or figuratively)
  • in the sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • all his days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • wherein Jehoiada H3077 (יְהוֹיָדָע) — Jehojada, the name of three Israelites
  • the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • instructed H3384 (יָרָה) — properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the f…

3 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But the high places H1116 (בָּמָה) — an elevation
  • were not taken away H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
  • the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • still sacrificed H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
  • and burnt incense H6999 (קָטַר) — to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
  • in the high places H1116 (בָּמָה) — an elevation

4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of Jehovah,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And Jehoash H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ) — Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
  • said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • to the priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • All the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • of the dedicated things H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • that is brought H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • of every one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • that passeth H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
  • that every man H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • is set at H6187 (עֵרֶךְ) — a pile, equipment, estimate
  • that cometh H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • into any man’s H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • heart H3820 (לֵב) — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
  • to bring H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

5 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let the priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • to them, every man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • of his acquaintance H4378 (מַכָּר) — an acquaintance
  • and let them repair H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
  • the breaches H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • wheresoever any breach H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
  • shall be found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • in the three H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • in the three H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
  • and twentieth H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
  • year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
  • of king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • Jehoash H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ) — Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
  • the priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • had not repaired H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
  • the breaches H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Then king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • Jehoash H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ) — Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
  • called H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • for Jehoiada H3077 (יְהוֹיָדָע) — Jehojada, the name of three Israelites
  • the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • and said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • unto them, Why repair H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
  • ye not the breaches H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • now therefore receive H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • of your acquaintance H4378 (מַכָּר) — an acquaintance
  • but deliver H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • it for the breaches H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)

8 And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): 2 Kings 22:4 · 2 Chronicles 24:8
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And the priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • consented H225 (אוּת) — properly, to come, i.e. (implied) to assent
  • to receive H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • no H1115 (בִּלְתִּי) — properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until,…
  • money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • of the people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • neither H1115 (בִּלְתִּי) — properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until,…
  • to repair H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
  • the breaches H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of Jehovah: and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But Jehoiada H3077 (יְהוֹיָדָע) — Jehojada, the name of three Israelites
  • the priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • took H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • a H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
  • chest H727 (אָרוֹן) — a box
  • and bored H5344 (נָקַב) — to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
  • a hole H2356 (חוֹר) — a cavity, socket, den
  • in the lid H1817 (דֶּלֶת) — something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
  • of it, and set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • it beside H681 (אֵצֶל) — a side; (as a preposition) near
  • the altar H4196 (מִזְבֵּחַ) — an altar
  • on the right side H3225 (יָמִין) — the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
  • as one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
  • cometh H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and the priests H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • that kept H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
  • the door H5592 (סַף) — a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
  • put H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • therein all the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • brought H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • when they saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
  • much H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
  • money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • in the chest H727 (אָרוֹן) — a box
  • that the king’s H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • scribe H5608 (סָפַר) — properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
  • and the high H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
  • priest H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
  • came up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • and they put up in bags H6696 (צוּר) — to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
  • and told H4487 (מָנָה) — properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
  • the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • that was found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
  • in the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

11 And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And they gave H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • being told H8505 (תָּכַן) — to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
  • into the hands H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • of them that did H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • the work H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
  • that had the oversight H6485 (פָּקַד) — to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and they laid it out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
  • to the carpenters H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
  • to the carpenters H2796 (חָרָשׁ) — a fabricator or any material
  • and builders H1129 (בָּנָה) — to build (literally and figuratively)
  • that wrought H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • upon the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

12 and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): 1 Kings 5:17 · 2 Kings 22:5 · Ezra 3:7 · Ezra 5:8 · Luke 21:5
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And to masons H1443 (גָּדַר) — to wall in or around
  • and hewers H2672 (חָצַב) — to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
  • of stone H68 (אֶבֶן) — a stone
  • and to buy H7069 (קָנָה) — to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
  • timber H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
  • and hewed H4274 (מַחְצֵב) — properly, a hewing; concretely, a quarry
  • stone H68 (אֶבֶן) — a stone
  • to repair H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
  • the breaches H919 (בֶּדֶק) — a gap or leak (in a building or a ship)
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and for all that was laid out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
  • for the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • to repair H2394 (חׇזְקָה) — vehemence (usually in a bad sense)

13 But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Howbeit there were not made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • for the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • bowls H5592 (סַף) — a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
  • of silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • snuffers H4212 (מְזַמְּרָה) — a tweezer (only in the plural)
  • basons H4219 (מִזְרָק) — a bowl (as if for sprinkling)
  • trumpets H2689 (חֲצֹצְרָה) — a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note)
  • any vessels H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
  • of gold H2091 (זָהָב) — gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
  • or vessels H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
  • of the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • brought H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

14 for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): 1 Chronicles 26:27 · 2 Chronicles 34:10
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • But they gave H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • that to the workmen H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • that to the workmen H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
  • and repaired H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
  • therewith the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Moreover they reckoned H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
  • not with the men H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) — properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
  • into whose hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
  • they delivered H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • the money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • to be bestowed H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
  • on workmen H4399 (מְלָאכָה) — properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
  • for they dealt H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • faithfully H530 (אֱמוּנָה) — literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity

16 The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests’.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The trespass H817 (אָשָׁם) — guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
  • money H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
  • and sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
  • was not brought H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
  • into the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • it was the priests’ H3548 (כֹּהֵן) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Then Hazael H2371 (חֲזָאֵל) — Chazael, a king of Syria
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Syria H758 (אֲרָם) — Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
  • went up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • and fought H3898 (לָחַם) — to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
  • against Gath H1661 (גַּת) — Gath, a Philistine city
  • and took H3920 (לָכַד) — to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
  • it: and Hazael H2371 (חֲזָאֵל) — Chazael, a king of Syria
  • set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
  • his face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • to go up H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • to Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And Jehoash H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ) — Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
  • king H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • took H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
  • all the hallowed things H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • that Jehoshaphat H3092 (יְהוֹשָׁפָט) — Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
  • and Jehoram H3088 (יְהוֹרָם) — Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
  • and Ahaziah H274 (אֲחַזְיָה) — Achazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite king
  • his fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
  • kings H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • had dedicated H6942 (קָדַשׁ) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
  • and his own hallowed things H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • and all the gold H2091 (זָהָב) — gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
  • found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
  • in the treasures H214 (אוֹצָר) — a depository
  • of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and in the king’s H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • and sent H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
  • to Hazael H2371 (חֲזָאֵל) — Chazael, a king of Syria
  • of Syria H758 (אֲרָם) — Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
  • and he went away H5927 (עָלָה) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
  • from Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And the rest H3499 (יֶתֶר) — properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
  • of the acts H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
  • of Joash H3101 (יוֹאָשׁ) — Joash, the name of six Israelites
  • and all that he did H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • they not written H3789 (כָּתַב) — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
  • in the book H5612 (סֵפֶר) — properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
  • of the chronicles H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
  • of the chronicles H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
  • of the kings H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • And his servants H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
  • arose H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
  • and made H7194 (קָשַׁר) — to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
  • a conspiracy H7195 (קֶשֶׁר) — an (unlawful) alliance
  • and slew H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
  • Joash H3101 (יוֹאָשׁ) — Joash, the name of six Israelites
  • in the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Millo H1037 (בֵּית מִלּוֹא) — Beth-Millo, the name of two citadels
  • of Millo H4407 (מִלּוֹא) — a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
  • which goeth down H3381 (יָרַד) — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively,…
  • to Silla H5538 (סִלָּא) — Silla, a place in Jerusalem

21 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For Jozachar H3108 (יוֹזָכָר) — Jozacar, an Israelite
  • the son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Shimeath H8100 (שִׁמְעַת) — Shimath, an Ammonitess
  • and Jehozabad H3075 (יְהוֹזָבָד) — Jehozabad, the name of three Israelites
  • of Shomer H7763 (שׁוֹמֵר) — Shomer, the name of two Israelites
  • his servants H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
  • smote H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
  • him, and he died H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
  • and they buried H6912 (קָבַר) — to inter
  • him with his fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
  • in the city H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
  • of David H1732 (דָּוִד) — David, the youngest son of Jesse
  • and Amaziah H558 (אֲמַצְיָה) — Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites
  • his son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • reigned H4427 (מָלַךְ) — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel