KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Kings 21:19 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.”
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| 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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| “Amon” | אָמ֣וֹן | Amon, the name of three Israelites | Amon |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “twenty” | עֶשְׂרִ֨ים | Twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth | twenty |
| “and two” | וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | two |
| “years” | שָׁנָה֙ | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
| “old” | בֶּן | 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.) | old |
| “when he began to reign,” | בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | began reign |
| “and he reigned” | מָלַ֖ךְ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | reigned |
| “two” | וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | two |
| “years” | שָׁנִ֔ים | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
| “in Jerusalem.” | בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | Jerusalem |
| “And his mother's” | אִמּ֔וֹ | A mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) | mothers |
| “name” | וְשֵׁ֣ם | An appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character | name |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “Meshullemeth,” | מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת | Meshullemeth, an Israelitess | Meshullemeth |
| “the daughter” | בַּת | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughter |
| “of Haruz” | חָר֖וּץ | Charuts, an Israelite | Haruz |
| “of” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | of |
| “Jotbah.” | יָטְבָֽה׃ | Jotbah, a place in Palestine | Jotbah |
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17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
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