What Does 2 Kings 22:20 Mean?

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold therefore I will gather”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“thee unto thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“Behold therefore I will gather”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“into thy grave”

a sepulcher

“in peace”

safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“shall not see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“and thine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

i

“which I will bring”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon this place”

properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“And they brought”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the king”

a king

“word”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause