King James Version
2 Kings 14:29 in the King James Version says “And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.”
2 Kings 14:29 · KJV
And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“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
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“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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