1 Kings

1 Kings 12:18

¹⁸Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram,^b who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

Footnotes

b 12:18 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts and Syriac Adoniram; see 1 Kings 4:6|1KI 4:6and 1 Kings 5:14.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then King	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Rehoboam	רְחַבְעָ֗ם	rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7346 Rehoboam
sent out	וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
Adoram	אֲדֹרָם֙	’ă·ḏō·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H151 Adoram
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
was in charge	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
of the forced labor	הַמַּ֔ס	ham·mas	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4522 body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band or gang
but all	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
stoned	וַיִּרְגְּמ֨וּ	way·yir·gə·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7275 stone, kill by stoning
him	בּ֛וֹ	bōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
to death	וַיָּמֹ֑ת	way·yā·mōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
And King	וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	wə·ham·me·leḵ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Rehoboam	רְחַבְעָ֗ם	rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7346 Rehoboam
mounted	לַעֲל֣וֹת	la·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
his chariot	בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה	bam·mer·kā·ḇāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4818 chariot
in haste	הִתְאַמֵּץ֙	hiṯ·’am·mêṣ	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H553 be alert
and escaped	לָנ֖וּס	lā·nūs	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5127 flee, escape
to Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.