2 Chronicles 17:2
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁכַן
shâkan
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אֶפְרַיִם
ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
אָסָא
ʼÂçâʼ
Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַצֵּבָה matstsêbâh
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
Study H4676 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Study H669 →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 →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 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had t...
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
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