2 Chronicles 12:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י כְּהָכִ֞ין מַלְכ֤וּת רְחַבְעָם֙ וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ עָזַ֖ב אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

wa-yəhî kə-hāḵîn malḵûṯ rəḥaḇə'ām û-ḵə-ḥezqāṯô 'āzaḇ 'eṯ-tôraṯ YHWH wə-ḵol-yiśrā'ēl with him

Grammar Details

• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass/happened
• *kə-hāḵîn*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - when establishing/as established
• *malḵûṯ*: feminine singular construct - kingdom of
• *rəḥaḇə'ām*: proper noun - Rehoboam
• *û-ḵə-ḥezqāṯô*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and when his strength/when he became strong
• *'āzaḇ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he forsook/abandoned
• *'eṯ*: direct object marker
• *tôraṯ*: feminine singular construct - law/instruction of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *wə-ḵol*: conjunction + noun - and all
• *yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *'immô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him

Word Meanings

• *hāḵîn*: establish/make firm/prepare
• *ḥezqāṯô*: his strength/his becoming strong/his power
• *'āzaḇ*: forsake/abandon/leave
• *tôraṯ*: law/instruction/teaching

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 11:17 : 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
• 2 Chr 12:13 : 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
• 2 Chr 26:13-16 : 13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
• 1 Kgs 14:22-24 : 22 And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree; 24 and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 17:19 : 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
• 2 Chr 11:3 : 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
• Deut 6:10-12 : 10 And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildest not, 11 and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full; 12 then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:10-14 : 10 And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14 then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
• 1 Kgs 9:9 : 9 and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.
• 1 Kgs 12:17 : 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
• Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
• Hos 5:10-11 : 10 The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after [man's] command.
• Hos 13:1 : 1 When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
• Hos 13:6-8 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me. 7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
• Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.