2 Chronicles 18:1

← 2 Chronicles 17:19	2 Chronicles 18:1 (KJV)	2 Chronicles 18:2 →
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.	Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.	And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now Jehoshaphat^H3092 had riches^H6239 and honour^H3519 in abundance^H7230, and joined affinity^H2859 with Ahab^H256.

Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי לִיהֹושָׁפָט עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֹוד לָרֹב וַיִּתְחַתֵּן לְאַחְאָב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֧י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it belonged
לִֽ/יהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט	li./ho.sha.Fat	H3092	HR/Np	to/ Jehoshaphat
עֹ֥שֶׁר	'O.sher	H6239	HNcmsa	wealth
וְ/כָב֖וֹד	ve./kha.Vod	H3519	HC/Ncbsa	and/ honor
לָ/רֹ֑ב	la./Ro	H7230	HR/Ncbsa	to/ abundance
וַ/יִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן	va/i.yit.cha.Ten	H2859	HC/Vtw3ms	and/ he became son-in-law
לְ/אַחְאָֽב	le./'ach.'Av	H256	HR/Np	to/ Ahab

Strong's References

H256 — אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'): once (by contraction) אֶחָב (ʼEchâb) (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח (ʼâch) H251 and אָב (ʼâb) H1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon; Ahab.
H2859 — חָתַן (châthan, khaw-than'): a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage; join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
H3092 — יְהוֹשָׁפָט (Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ, yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'): from יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) H3068 and שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ) H8199; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem; Jehoshaphat. Compare יוֹשָׁפָט (Yôwshâphâṭ) H3146.
H3519 — כָּבוֹד (kâbôwd, kaw-bode'): rarely כָּבֹד (kâbôd); from כָּבַד (kâbad) H3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness; glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
H6239 — עֹשֶׁר (ʻôsher, o'-sher): from עָשַׁר (ʻâshar) H6238; wealth; [idiom] far (richer), riches.
H7230 — רֹב (rôb, robe): from רָבַב (râbab) H7231; abundance (in any respect); abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

joined affinity — 1 Kings 16:31-33, 1 Kings 21:25, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:26-27, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Chronicles 18:31, 2 Chronicles 19:1-3, 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 2 Chronicles 22:2-3, 2 Corinthians 6:14
riches — 2 Chronicles 1:11-15, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:12, Matthew 6:33

Reciprocal references (2): 1 Kings 3:1, 1 Kings 22:2

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