KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Chronicles 33:25 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“But 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.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “But the people” | עַם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “of the land” | הָאָ֔רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “slew” | וַיַּכּוּ֙ | To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) | slew |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “them that had conspired” | הַקֹּֽשְׁרִ֖ים | To tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) | conspired |
| “against” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “king” | הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | A king | king |
| “Amon;” | אָמ֑וֹן | Amon, the name of three Israelites | Amon |
| “and the people” | עַם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “of the land” | הָאָ֛רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “made Josiah” | יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ | Joshijah, the name of two Israelites | made Josiah |
| “his son” | בְנ֖וֹ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
| “king” | וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | king |
| “in his stead.” | תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | The bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | stead |
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23 And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25 But 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.
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