King James Version
2 Kings 15:11 in the King James Version says “And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.”
2 Kings 15:11 · KJV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. Uzziah: Gr. Ozias a full: Heb. a month of days
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the rest”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“of the acts”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“behold they are written”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of the acts”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
a 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
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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