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2 Chronicles 11:17

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And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.	So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.	And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, [and] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So they strengthened^H2388 the kingdom^H4438 of Judah^H3063, and made Rehoboam^H7346 the son^H1121 of Solomon^H8010 strong^H553, three^H7969 years^H8141: for three^H7969 years^H8141 they walked^H1980 in the way^H1870 of David^H1732 and Solomon^H8010.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְחַזְּקוּ אֶת־מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה וַיְאַמְּצוּ אֶת־רְחַבְעָם בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹה לְשָׁנִים שָׁלֹושׁ כִּי הָלְכוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ דָּוִיד וּשְׁלֹמֹה לְשָׁנִים שָׁלֹושׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/יְחַזְּקוּ֙	va/y.cha.ze.Ku	H2388	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they strengthened
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מַלְכ֣וּת	mal.Khut	H4438	HNcfsc	(the) kingdom of
יְהוּדָ֔ה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah
וַֽ/יְאַמְּצ֛וּ	va/y.'a.me.Tzu	H553	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they strengthened
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רְחַבְעָ֥ם	re.chav.'Am	H7346	HNp	Rehoboam
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	she.lo.Moh	H8010	HNp	Solomon
לְ/שָׁנִ֣ים	le./sha.Nim	H8141	HR/Ncfpa	for/ years
שָׁל֑וֹשׁ	sha.Lo.osh	H7969	HAcfsa	three
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
הָֽלְכ֗וּ	ha.le.Khu	H1980	HVqp3cp	they walked
בְּ/דֶ֧רֶךְ	be./De.rekh	H1870	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) way of
דָּוִ֛יד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
וּ/שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	u./she.lo.Moh	H8010	HC/Np	and/ Solomon
לְ/שָׁנִ֥ים	le./sha.Nim	H8141	HR/Ncfpa	for/ years
שָׁלֽוֹשׁ	sha.Lo.osh	H7969	HAcfsa	three

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H553 — אָמַץ (ʼâmats, aw-mats'): a primitive root; to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage); confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; 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, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H4438 — מַלְכוּת (malkûwth, mal-kooth'): or מַלְכֻת; or (in plural) מַלְכֻיָּה; from מָלַךְ; a rule; concretely, a dominion; empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.
• H7346 — רְחַבְעָם (Rᵉchabʻâm, rekh-ab-awm'): from רָחַב and עַם; a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king; Rehoboam.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8010 — שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'): from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• strengthened — 2 Chronicles 12:1
• three years — 2 Chronicles 1:1-12, 2 Chronicles 7:17-19, 2 Chronicles 8:13-16, Hosea 6:4, Matthew 13:20-21

Reciprocal references (3): Joshua 22:19, 2 Chronicles 13:10, 2 Chronicles 31:6

Related Topics

• Nave’s: CHARACTER, LEVITES, REHOBOAM

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