1 Kings

1 Kings 13:2

2And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”a

Footnotes

  • a 13:2 See 2 Kings 23:16|2KI 23:16.

Read all of 1 Kings 13

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And he cried outוַיִּקְרָ֤אway·yiq·rāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
againstעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ham·miz·bê·aḥArticle; Noun - masculine singularH4196 altar
by the wordבִּדְבַ֣רbiḏ·ḇarPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH1697 speech, word
of the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
O altarמִזְבֵּ֣חַmiz·bê·aḥNoun - masculine singularH4196 altar
O altarמִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz·bê·aḥNoun - masculine singularH4196 altar
this is whatכֹּ֖הkōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
saysאָמַ֣ר’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
A sonבֵ֞ןḇênNoun - masculine singularH1121 son
namedשְׁמ֔וֹšə·mōwNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH8034 name
Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyō·šî·yā·hūNoun - proper - masculine singularH2977 Joshijah
will be bornנוֹלָ֤דnō·w·lāḏVerb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularH3205 bear, bring forth, beget
to the houseלְבֵית־lə·ḇêṯ-Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular constructH1004 house
of Davidדָּוִד֙dā·wiḏNoun - proper - masculine singularH1732 David
and upon youעָלֶ֗יךָ‘ā·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH5921 height
he will sacrificeוְזָבַ֣חwə·zā·ḇaḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularH2076 slaughter for sacrifice
the priestsכֹּהֲנֵ֤יkō·hă·nêNoun - masculine plural constructH3548 priest
of the high placesהַבָּמוֹת֙hab·bā·mō·wṯArticle; Noun - feminine pluralH1116 high place
who burn incenseהַמַּקְטִרִ֣יםham·maq·ṭi·rîmArticle; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine pluralH6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
upon youעָלֶ֔יךָ‘ā·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH5921 height
and humanאָדָ֖ם’ā·ḏāmNoun - masculine singularH120 man, mankind
bonesוְעַצְמ֥וֹתwə·‘aṣ·mō·wṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural constructH6106 bone, substance, self
will be burnedיִשְׂרְפ֥וּyiś·rə·p̄ūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH8313 burn
upon youעָלֶֽיךָ׃‘ā·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH5921 height

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Kings 23:15–18 · Ezekiel 36:1 · 2 Kings 22:1–2 · Jeremiah 22:29

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.