The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 16:11 Explained

2 Chronicles 16:11

KJV: And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

YLT: And lo, the matters of Asa, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Darby: And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

ASV: And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And, behold, the acts  of Asa,  first  and last,  lo, they [are] written  in the book  of the kings  of Judah  and Israel. 

What does 2 Chronicles 16:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 16

1  Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverts Baasha from building Ramah
7  Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he puts him in prison
11  Among his other acts in his disease he seeks not to God, but to the physicians
13  His death and burial

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 16:11 mean?

And Note that the acts of Asa first and last indeed are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel
וְהִנֵּה֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י אָסָ֔א הָרִאשׁוֹנִ֖ים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים הִנָּ֤ם כְּתוּבִים֙ עַל־ סֵ֣פֶר הַמְּלָכִ֔ים לִיהוּדָ֖ה וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל

וְהִנֵּה֙  And  Note  that 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
דִּבְרֵ֣י  the  acts 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
אָסָ֔א  of  Asa 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָא  
Sense: king of Judah, son of Abijam, father of Jehoshaphat.
הָרִאשׁוֹנִ֖ים  first 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִ֑ים  and  last 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: אַחֲרֹון  
Sense: behind, following, subsequent, western.
הִנָּ֤ם  indeed 
Parse: Interjection, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
כְּתוּבִים֙  are  written 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
סֵ֣פֶר  the  book 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
הַמְּלָכִ֔ים  of  the  kings 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
לִיהוּדָ֖ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל  and  Israel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.