What Does 1 Kings 15:29 Mean?

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

“And it came to pass when he reigned”

to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel

“that he smote”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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

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

“all the house”

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

“not to Jeroboam”

jarobam, the name of two israelite kings

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

“he left”

properly, to swell up, i.e., be (causatively, make) redundant

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

“any that breathed”

a puff, i.e., wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal

“not to Jeroboam”

jarobam, the name of two israelite kings

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until he had destroyed”

to desolate

“him according unto the saying”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he spake”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“by”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“his servant”

a servant

“Ahijah”

achijah, the name of nine israelites

“the Shilonite”

a shilonite or inhabitant of shiloh