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2 Chronicles 9:26

in 2 Chronicles 9

He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

KJV

And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 9

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates

on 2 Chronicles 9:26-28

Silver is “as common in Jerusalem as stones,” and horses come “from Egypt and from all the lands”. In 1 Kings the notice of horses from Egypt stands near the account of Solomon's fall. Chronicles carries the notice and tells no fall.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), because they coveted his acquaintance and friendship. Herein he was a type of Christ, to whom, as soon as he was born, the wise men of the east brought presents, gold, frankincense, and myrrh ( Matt. ii. 11 ), and to whom all that are about him must bring presents, Ps. lxxvi.

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The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֥יand he was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • מוֹשֵׁ֖לruling

    moshelH4910 →81 times

  • בְּכָל־over all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֑יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH4428 →2525 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַנָּהָר֙the river

    hanaharH5104 →

  • וְעַד־and to

    vead-H5704 →1261 times

  • אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] Philistines

    pelishtimH6430 →287 times

  • וְעַ֖דand to

    veadH5704 →1261 times

  • גְּב֥וּל[the] border of

    gevulH1366 →

  • מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Daniel 7:14

    And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 11:15

      Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…

    • Daniel 7:27

      Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…

    • Daniel 2:44

      In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…

    • John 3:35

      The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

    • 1 Corinthians 15:24–28

      Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

  • Through

    Genesis 15:18

    On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:24

      Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 1:3–4

      I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.

  • Through

    Exodus 23:31

    And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 15:18

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.