The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 13:20 Explained

2 Chronicles 13:20

KJV: Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

YLT: And Jeroboam hath not retained power any more in the days of Abijah, and Jehovah smiteth him, and he dieth.

Darby: And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

ASV: Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Neither did Jeroboam  recover  strength  again in the days  of Abijah:  and the LORD  struck  him, and he died. 

What does 2 Chronicles 13:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 13

1  Abijah succeeding makes war against Jeroboam
4  he declares the right of his cause
13  Trusting in God, he overcomes Jeroboam
21  The wives and children of Abijah

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 13:20 mean?

So not did recover strength Jeroboam again in the days of Abijah and struck him Yahweh and he died -
וְלֹֽא־ עָצַ֧ר כֹּֽחַ־ יָרָבְעָ֛ם ע֖וֹד בִּימֵ֣י אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת פ

וְלֹֽא־  So  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
עָצַ֧ר  did  recover 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָצַר  
Sense: to restrain, retain, close up, shut, withhold, refrain, stay, detain.
כֹּֽחַ־  strength 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
יָרָבְעָ֛ם  Jeroboam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָרָבְעָם  
Sense: the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 0 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon’s son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign.
ע֖וֹד  again 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
בִּימֵ֣י  in  the  days 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ  of  Abijah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִיָּה 
Sense: king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam.
וַיִּגְּפֵ֥הוּ  and  struck  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָגַף  
Sense: to strike, smite.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וַיָּמֹֽת  and  he  died 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation