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2 Chronicles 14:5

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And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.	Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.	And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Also he took away^H5493 out of all the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063 the high places^H1116 and the images^H2553: and the kingdom^H4467 was quiet^H8252 before^H6440 him.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מְצוּרָה בִּיהוּדָה כִּי־שָׁקְטָה הָאָרֶץ וְאֵין־עִמֹּו מִלְחָמָה בַּשָּׁנִים הָאֵלֶּה כִּי־הֵנִיחַ יְהוָה לֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּ֛בֶן	va/i.Yi.ven	H1129	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he built
עָרֵ֥י	'a.Rei	H5892	HNcfpc	cities of
מְצוּרָ֖ה	me.tzu.Rah	H4694	HNcfsa	fortification
בִּ/יהוּדָ֑ה	bi./hu.Dah	H3063	HR/Np	in/ Judah
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
שָׁקְטָ֣ה	sha.ke.Tah	H8252	HVqp3fs	it was at peace
הָ/אָ֗רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
וְ/אֵין	ve./'ein-	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
עִמּ֤/וֹ	i.M/o	H5973	HR/Sp3ms	with/ him
מִלְחָמָה֙	mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HNcfsa	(was) war
בַּ/שָּׁנִ֣ים	ba./sha.Nim	H8141	HRd/Ncfpa	in the/ years
הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה	ha./'E.leh	H428	HTd/Pdxcp	(the)/ these
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
הֵנִ֥יחַ	he.Ni.ach	H5117	HVhp3ms	he had given rest
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
לֽ/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him

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

Strong's References

• H1116 — בָּמָה (bâmâh, bam-maw'): from an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation; height, high place, wave.
• H2553 — חַמָּן (chammân, kham-mawn'): from חַמָּה; a sun-pillar; idol, image.
• 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.
• H4467 — מַמְלָכָה (mamlâkâh, mam-law-kaw'): from מָלַךְ; dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm); kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
• H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H8252 — שָׁקַט (shâqaṭ, shaw-kat'): a primitive root; to repose (usually figurative); appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.

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

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• 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.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H4694 — מְצוּרָה (mᵉtsûwrâh, mets-oo-raw'): or מְצֻרָה; feminine of מָצוֹר; a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification; fenced (city, fort, munition, strong hold.
• H5117 — נוּחַ (nûwach, noo'-akh): a primitive root; to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.); cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare יָנִים.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• 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).

Cross References

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

• images — 2 Chronicles 34:4

Reciprocal references (6): 1 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 23:11, 2 Chronicles 32:5, Isaiah 17:8, Isaiah 27:9, Ezekiel 6:4

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: HIGH PLACES, KINGS
• Nave’s: ICONOCLASM, REVIVALS, RULERS, ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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