The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 18:28 Explained

2 Chronicles 18:28

KJV: So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

YLT: And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead;

Darby: And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-Gilead.

ASV: So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So the king  of Israel  and Jehoshaphat  the king  of Judah  went up  to Ramothgilead. 

What does 2 Chronicles 18:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 18

1  Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go against Ramoth Gilead
4  Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 18:28 mean?

So went up the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat of Judah to Ramoth Gilead Gilead
וַיַּ֧עַל מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶל־ רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָֽד

וַיַּ֧עַל  So  went  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל  of  Israel 
Parse: 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.
וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט  and  Jehoshaphat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹושָׁפָט 
Sense: son of king Asa and himself king of Judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of Judah.
יְהוּדָ֖ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
רָמֹ֥ת  Ramoth  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רָמֹות גִּלְעָד  
Sense: an Israelite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra.
גִּלְעָֽד  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.

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