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2 Kings 3:27
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And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through [even] unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
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Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him [for] a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land.
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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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Verse Text
Then he tookH3947 his eldestH1060 sonH1121 that should have reignedH4427 in his stead, and offeredH5927 him for a burnt offeringH5930 upon the wallH2346. And there was greatH1419 indignationH7110 against IsraelH3478: and they departedH5265 from him, and returnedH7725 to their own landH776.
וַיִּקַּח אֶת־בְּנֹו הַבְּכֹור אֲשֶׁר־יִמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ עֹלָה עַל־הַחֹמָה וַיְהִי קֶצֶף־גָּדֹול עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּסְעוּ מֵעָלָיו וַיָּשֻׁבוּ לָאָרֶץ׃ פ
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יִּקַּח֩ |
va/i.yi.Kach | H3947 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he took |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
בְּנ֨/וֹ |
be.N/o | H1121 | HNcmsc/Sp3ms | son/ his |
הַ/בְּכ֜וֹר |
ha./be.Khor | H1060 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ firstborn |
אֲשֶׁר |
'a.Sher- | H834 | HTr | who |
יִמְלֹ֣ךְ |
yim.Lokh | H4427 | HVqi3ms | he will reign |
תַּחְתָּ֗י/ו |
tach.Ta/v | H8478 | HR/Sp3ms | in place of/ him |
וַ/יַּעֲלֵ֤/הוּ |
va/i.ya.'a.Le./hu | H5927 | HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms | and/ he offered up/ him |
עֹלָה֙ |
'o.Lah | H5930 | HNcfsa | a burnt offering |
עַל |
'al- | H5921 | HR | on |
הַ֣/חֹמָ֔ה |
ha./cho.Mah | H2346 | HTd/Ncfsa | the/ wall |
וַ/יְהִ֥י |
va/y.Hi | H1961 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ it was |
קֶצֶף |
ke.tzef- | H7110 | HNcmsa | wrath |
גָּד֖וֹל |
ga.Dol | H1419 | HAamsa | great |
עַל |
'al- | H5921 | HR | towards |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
וַ/יִּסְעוּ֙ |
va/i.yis.'U | H5265 | HC/Vqw3mp | and/ they departed |
מֵֽ/עָלָ֔י/ו |
me./'a.La/v | H5921 | HR/R/Sp3ms | from/ on (the)/ him |
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ |
va/i.ya.Shu.vu | H7725 | HC/Vqw3mp | and/ they returned |
לָ/אָֽרֶץ |
la./'A.retz | H776 | HRd/Ncbsa | to the/ land |
- 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.
- H1060 — בְּכוֹר (bᵉkôwr, bek-ore'): from בָּכַר; firstborn; hence, chief; eldest (son), firstborn(-ling).
- 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.
- H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
- H2346 — חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, kho-maw'): feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
- H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
- H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
- H4427 — מָלַךְ (mâlak, maw-lak'): a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel; consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
- H5265 — נָסַע (nâçaʻ, naw-sah'): a primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney; cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.
- H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
- H5930 — עֹלָה (ʻôlâh, o-law'): or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of עָלָה; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke); ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also עֶוֶל.
- H7110 — קֶצֶף (qetseph, keh'-tsef): from קָצַף; a splinter (as chipped off); figuratively, rage or strife; foam, indignation, [idiom] sore, wrath.
- H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- 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).
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
- H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
- H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- offered him — Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:13, Deuteronomy 12:31, Judges 11:31, Judges 11:39, Psalms 106:37-38, Ezekiel 16:20, Micah 6:7
- they departed — 1 Samuel 14:36-46, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:28, 1 Kings 20:43
Reciprocal references (3): Numbers 24:17, 2 Kings 8:20, Isaiah 16:12
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: JEHOSHAPHAT, SACRIFICES
- Torrey’s: BURNT OFFERING, THE, MOABITES, MURDER
- Nave’s: BLINDNESS, IDOLATRY, MOABITES, OFFERINGS
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