2 Chronicles 12:16
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רְחַבְעָם
Rᵉchabʻâm
Rechabam, an Israelite king
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אֲבִיָּה
ʼĂbîyâh
Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מָלַךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
תַּחַת
tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲבִיָּה ʼĂbîyâh
Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
Study H29 →יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →תַּחַת tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Study H8478 →מָלַךְ mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Study H4427 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →בֵּן bên
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.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
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