King James Version
2 Kings 10:35 in the King James Version says “And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.”
2 Kings 10:35 · King James Version
From Jordan eastward , all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun even: or, even to Gilead and Bashan
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. the time: Heb. the days were
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“slept”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with his fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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