2 Kings 1:17
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
מֶלֶךְ
the king of
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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בֵּן
a son
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דָבַר
he spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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תַּחַת
in place of/ him
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תַּחַת
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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יְהוֹשָׁפָט
Jehoshaphat
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יְהוֹשָׁפָט
Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
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יְהוֹרָם
Jehoram
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יְהוֹרָם
Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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