1 Kings 22:10

American Standard Version (1901)

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֡ה יֹשְׁבִים֩ אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ מְלֻבָּשִׁ֤ים בְּגָדִים֙ בְּגֹ֔רֶן פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְכָ֨ל־הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-meleḵ yiśrāʾēl wî-hôšāp̄āṭ meleḵ-yəhûḏâ yōšəḇîm ʾîš ʿal-kisʾô məlubbāšîm bəgāḏîm bə-gōren peṯaḥ šaʿar šōmrôn wə-ḵāl-ha-nəḇîʾîm miṯnabbəʾîm li-p̄nêhem

Grammar Details

• *û-meleḵ*: conjunction + masculine singular construct noun - and the king of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wî-hôšāp̄āṭ*: conjunction + proper noun - and Jehoshaphat
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular construct noun - king of
• *yəhûḏâ*: proper noun - Judah
• *yōšəḇîm*: qal participle masculine plural - sitting/were sitting
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - each man
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon
• *kisʾô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his throne
• *məlubbāšîm*: pual participle masculine plural - clothed/arrayed
• *bəgāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - in robes/garments
• *bə-gōren*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in a threshing floor
• *peṯaḥ*: masculine singular construct noun - entrance of
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct noun - gate of
• *šōmrôn*: proper noun - Samaria
• *wə-ḵāl*: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all
• *ha-nəḇîʾîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the prophets
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: hitpael participle masculine plural - prophesying
• *li-p̄nêhem*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them

Word Meanings

• *bə-gōren*: on a threshing floor/in an open area/in a public place
• *miṯnabbəʾîm*: prophesying/acting as prophets

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the [evening] oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. [
• 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
• 1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
• 2 Chr 18:9-9 : 9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.
• Esth 5:1 : 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.
• Esth 6:8-9 : 8 let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set: 9 and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
• Jer 27:14-16 : 14 And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you. 15 For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.
• Ezek 13:1-9 : 1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: 3 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places. 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah. 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed. 7 Have ye not seen a false vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, in that ye say, Jehovah saith; albeit I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord Jehovah. 9 And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
• Matt 6:20 : 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
• Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft [raiment] ? Behold, they that wear soft [raiment] are in kings' houses.
• Acts 12:21 : 21 And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.
• Acts 25:23 : 23 So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.