The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 18:17 Explained

2 Chronicles 18:17

KJV: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

YLT: And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?'

Darby: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil?

ASV: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the king  of Israel  said  to Jehoshaphat,  Did I not tell  thee [that] he would not prophesy  good  unto me, but evil? 

What does 2 Chronicles 18:17 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 18:17 mean?

And said the king of Israel to Jehoshaphat did not I tell you not he would prophesy concerning me good for but evil -
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט הֲלֹא֙ אָמַ֣רְתִּי אֵלֶ֔יךָ לֹא־ יִתְנַבֵּ֥א עָלַ֛י ט֖וֹב כִּ֥י אִם־ ؟ לְרָֽע ס

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  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.
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט  Jehoshaphat 
Parse: 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.
הֲלֹא֙  did  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
אָמַ֣רְתִּי  I  tell 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יִתְנַבֵּ֥א  he  would  prophesy 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
עָלַ֛י  concerning  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
ט֖וֹב  good 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
؟ לְרָֽע  evil 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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