2 Chronicles 21:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּשְׁתַּ֙יִם֙ הָיָ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּלֹ֣א חֶמְדָּ֔ה וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד וְלֹ֖א בְּקִבְר֥וֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים׃

Transliteration

Ben-šĕlōšîm and-šĕttayim hāyāh in-mālḵô and-šĕmôneh šānîm mālaḵ in-Yĕrûšālāim and-wayyēleḵ in-not ḥemdāh and-wayyiqbĕrûhû in-ʿîr Dāwîd and-not in-qiḇrôṯ the-mĕlāḵîm.

Grammar Details

*Ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of/aged
*šĕlōšîm*: number - thirty
*šĕttayim*: number, feminine - two
*hāyāh*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he was
*mālḵô*: infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his becoming king
*šĕmôneh*: number - eight
*šānîm*: noun, feminine plural - years
*mālaḵ*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
*Yĕrûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*wayyēleḵ*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he went
*ḥemdāh*: noun, feminine singular - desire/delight
*wayyiqbĕrûhû*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd common plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - they buried him
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*Dāwîd*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*qiḇrôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - tombs of
*mĕlāḵîm*: noun, masculine plural - kings

Word Meanings

*Ben*: son of/aged
*hāyāh*: was/became
*mālḵô*: his becoming king/his reign
*mālaḵ*: reigned/ruled
*wayyēleḵ*: went/departed [died]
*ḥemdāh*: desire/delight/regret [being without regret means unmourned]
*wayyiqbĕrûhû*: they buried him/entombed him
*ʿîr*: city/town
*qiḇrôṯ*: tombs/graves/burial places

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 22:18 : 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Jer 22:28 : 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
2 Chr 24:25 : 25 And when they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chr 28:27 : 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
2 Chr 23:21 : 21 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword.

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