King James Version
2 Kings 10:36 in the King James Version says “And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. the time: Heb. the days were” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. the time: Heb. the days were”
2 Kings 10:36 · KJV
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
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the time”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and eight”
H8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
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