2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 15:8
8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Odeda the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
Footnotes
- a 15:8 Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 1 and LXX); Hebrew does not include Azariah son of.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When Asa | אָסָ֜א | ’ā·sā | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H609 Asa |
| heard | וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ | wə·ḵiš·mō·a‘ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8085 hear |
| these | הָאֵ֗לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| words | הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | had·də·ḇā·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1697 speech, word |
| and the prophecy | וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ | wə·han·nə·ḇū·’āh | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5016 prophecy |
| of | עֹדֵ֣ד | ‘ō·ḏêḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H5752 Oded |
| the prophet | הַנָּבִיא֒ | han·nā·ḇî | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| he took courage | הִתְחַזַּ֗ק | hiṯ·ḥaz·zaq | Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| and removed | וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר | way·ya·‘ă·ḇêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| the detestable idols | הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ | haš·šiq·qū·ṣîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8251 detested thing |
| from | וּמִן־ | ū·min- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the whole | מִכָּל־ | mik·kāl | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| land | אֶ֤רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָה֙ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and Benjamin | וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן | ū·ḇin·yā·min | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1144 Binjamin |
| and from the cities | הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים | he·‘ā·rîm | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H5892 excitement |
| he had captured | לָכַ֖ד | lā·ḵaḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
| in the hill country | מֵהַ֣ר | mê·har | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| of Ephraim | אֶפְרָ֑יִם | ’ep̄·rā·yim | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H669 Ephraim |
| He then restored | וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ | way·ḥad·dêš | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2318 renew, repair |
| the altar | מִזְבַּ֣ח | miz·baḥ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4196 altar |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֕ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| was in front | לִפְנֵ֖י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| of the portico | אוּלָ֥ם | ’ū·lām | Noun - masculine singular construct | H197 porch |
| of the LORD’s | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.