The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 12:16 Explained

2 Chronicles 12:16

KJV: And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

YLT: and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.

Darby: And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

ASV: And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Rehoboam  slept  with his fathers,  and was buried  in the city  of David:  and Abijah  his son  reigned  in his stead. 

What does 2 Chronicles 12:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 12

1  Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak
5  He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah,
7  are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil
13  The reign and death of Rehoboam

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 12:16 mean?

So rested Rehoboam with his fathers and was buried in the City of David and reigned Abijah his son in his place -
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב רְחַבְעָם֙ עִם־ אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲבִיָּ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו פ

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב  So  rested 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
רְחַבְעָם֙  Rehoboam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְחַבְעָם  
Sense: son of Solomon and the st king of Judah after the split up of the kingdom of Israel.
אֲבֹתָ֔יו  his  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר  and  was  buried 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
בְּעִ֣יר  in  the  City 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
דָּוִ֑יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ  and  reigned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
אֲבִיָּ֥ה  Abijah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיָּה 
Sense: king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam.
בְנ֖וֹ  his  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
תַּחְתָּֽיו  in  his  place 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation