The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 12:15 Explained

2 Chronicles 12:15

KJV: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

YLT: And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam are all the days;

Darby: And the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogical registers? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

ASV: Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now the acts  of Rehoboam,  first  and last,  [are] they not written  in the book  of Shemaiah  the prophet,  and of Iddo  the seer  concerning genealogies?  And [there were] wars  between Rehoboam  and Jeroboam  continually. 

What does 2 Chronicles 12:15 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 12:15 mean?

And the acts of Rehoboam first and last [are] not they written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies and [there were] wars [between] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days
וְדִבְרֵ֣י רְחַבְעָ֗ם הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים הֲלֹא־ הֵ֨ם כְּתוּבִ֜ים בְּדִבְרֵ֨י שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה הַנָּבִ֛יא וְעִדּ֥וֹ הַחֹזֶ֖ה ؟ לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ וּמִלְחֲמ֧וֹת רְחַבְעָ֛ם וְיָרָבְעָ֖ם כָּל־ הַיָּמִֽים

וְדִבְרֵ֣י  And  the  acts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
רְחַבְעָ֗ם  of  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.
הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙  first 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
וְהָאֲ֣חַרוֹנִ֔ים  and  last 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: אַחֲרֹון  
Sense: behind, following, subsequent, western.
הֲלֹא־  [are]  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
כְּתוּבִ֜ים  written 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
בְּדִבְרֵ֨י  in  the  book 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה  of  Shemaiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמַעְיָה 
Sense: a prophet of the Lord in the reign of king Rehoboam of Judah.
הַנָּבִ֛יא  the  prophet 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָבִיא  
Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
וְעִדּ֥וֹ  and  of  Iddo 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עִדֹּא 
Sense: father of Abinadab, an officer of Solomon.
הַחֹזֶ֖ה  the  seer 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹזֶה 
Sense: seer.
؟ לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ  concerning  genealogies 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hitpael, Infinitive construct
Root: יָחַשׂ  
Sense: (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled.
וּמִלְחֲמ֧וֹת  and  [there  were]  wars 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
רְחַבְעָ֛ם  [between]  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.
וְיָרָבְעָ֖ם  and  Jeroboam 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, 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.
הַיָּמִֽים  their  days 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.