King James Version
2 Kings 21:25 in the King James Version says “Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
2 Kings 21:25 · KJV
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. Josiah: Gr. Josias
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“Now 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
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“are they not 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 Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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