2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 32:12–13

¹²Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

¹³Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

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2 Chronicles 32:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Did not	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
Hezekiah	יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ	yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2396 Chizkijah
himself	הוּא֙	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
remove	הֵסִ֥יר	hê·sîr	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
His high places	בָּמֹתָ֖יו	bā·mō·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1116 high place
and His altars	מִזְבְּחֹתָ֑יו	miz·bə·ḥō·ṯāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4196 altar
and say	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to Judah	לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה	lî·hū·ḏāh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and Jerusalem	וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	wə·lî·rū·šā·lim	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
You must worship	תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ	tiš·ta·ḥă·wū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7812 bow down
before	לִפְנֵ֨י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
one	אֶחָ֛ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
altar	מִזְבֵּ֧חַ	miz·bê·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
and on it	וְעָלָ֥יו	wə·‘ā·lāw	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
you shall burn sacrifices	תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃	taq·ṭî·rū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke

2 Chronicles 32:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do you not	הֲלֹ֣א	hă·lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	תֵדְע֗וּ	ṯê·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H3045 know
what	מֶ֤ה	meh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
and my fathers	וַאֲבוֹתַ֔י	wa·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯay	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1 father
have done	עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙	‘ā·śî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6213 do, make
to all	לְכֹ֖ל	lə·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the peoples	עַמֵּ֣י	‘am·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5971 people
of the lands	הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת	hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H776 earth, land
Have the gods	אֱלֹהֵי֙	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of these nations	גּוֹיֵ֣	gō·w·yê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1471 nation, people
ever been able	הֲיָכ֣וֹל	hă·yā·ḵō·wl	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
to deliver	לְהַצִּ֥יל	lə·haṣ·ṣîl	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5337 strip, plunder
their land	אַרְצָ֖ם	’ar·ṣām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H776 earth, land
from my hand	מִיָּדִֽי׃	mî·yā·ḏî	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand

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2 Chronicles 32:12 2 Chronicles 31:1

2 Chronicles 32:13 2 Kings 18:33–35

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.