What Does 1 Kings 12:20 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“And it came to pass when all Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“was come again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“that Jeroboam”

jarobam, the name of two israelite kings

“that they sent”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“and called”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“him unto the congregation”

a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

“and made him king”

to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“And it came to pass when all Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“there was none that followed”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“of David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

“but”

probably scattering, i.e., removal; used adverbially, except

“the tribe”

a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit