2 Chronicles 17:5

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

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עֹֽשֶׁר

ʻôsher

H6239

“riches”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 37× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 31:16

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6238

TWOT: 1714a

wealth, riches

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

15: words
14: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

עֹֽשֶׁר riches H6239 occurs in 36 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
10 nouns
1 preposition
1 particle

Verb forms

וַיָּ֨כֶן Hiphil · Sequential Imperfect
וַיִּתְּנ֧וּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַֽיְהִי Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 23 words from the Hebrew and 23 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 15 Hebrew tokens and 22 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 17:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Chronicles 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
Matthew 6:33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Psalms 127:1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.
Matthew 2:11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Job 42:12 So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
1 Samuel 10:27 But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
2 Chronicles 32:23 Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
1 Peter 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Psalms 68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, Kings shall bring presents to you.
Genesis 13:2 Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 26:13–14 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
Deuteronomy 8:13–14 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
2 Samuel 7:25–26 Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm you it forever, and do as you have spoken.
1 Kings 4:21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings 9:4–5 As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
1 Kings 10:25 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

1 Kings 10:27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
2 Chronicles 1:15 The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
2 Chronicles 9:27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
2 Chronicles 32:27–29 Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;
Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psalms 76:11 Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
Psalms 132:12 If your children will keep my covenant, My testimony that I will teach them, Their children also will sit on your throne forevermore."

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 17:5 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיָּ֨כֶן יְהוָ֤ה אֶת הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֧וּ כָל יְהוּדָ֛ה מִנְחָ֖ה לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט וַֽיְהִי ל֥וֹ עֹֽשֶׁר וְכָב֖וֹד לָרֹֽב

Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 17:5 Septuagint · lemma form

καί καταεὐθύνω κύριος ὁ βασιλεία ἐν χείρ αὐτός καί δίδωμι πᾶς ἰουδά δῶρον ὁ ιωσαφατ καί γίγνομαι αὐτός πλοῦτος καί δόξα πολύς

And the Lord prospered the kingdom in his hand; and all Juda gave gifts to Josaphat; and he had great wealth and glory.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 17:5 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Commentary source

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

Ver. 5. And he had riches and honour in abundance.] Herein he came near unto Solomon in his greatest flourish.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 17:5-6. Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand — Those stand firm that have the presence of God with them. If the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, that will stablish the work of our hands, and establish us in our integrity. And all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents — As subjects, in those times and places, used to do to their kings, in token of their respect and subjection to them. The more there is of true religion among a people, the more conscientious loyalty there will be. A governor, that answers the end of government, will be supported. And he had riches and honour in abundance — The effect of the favour both of God and his people. It is undoubtedly true, though few will believe it, that religion and piety are the best friends to outward prosperity. And his heart was lift up in the ways of the Lord — Riches and honour in abundance prove to many a clog and a hinderance in the ways of the Lord, an occasion of pride, security, and sensuality: but they had a quite contrary effect upon Jehoshaphat: his abundance was oil to the wheels of his obedience; and the more he had of the wealth of this world, the more cheerfully and resolutely he went on in the ways of the Lord. His heart also was lifted up above all discouragements, difficulties, and fears, by which men’s hearts are wont to be cast down. He was valiant and resolute for God and his ways. He took away the high places and groves — That is, those in which idols were worshipped; for those that were dedicated to the true God only were not taken away, chap. 2Ch 20:33. And though Asa had done the same before, yet either he did not do it thoroughly, or the people, who were mad upon their idols, had secretly made new ones, in the latter part of his reign, when he grew more infirm in body, and more remiss in God’s cause.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

17:5-6 The word translated gifts is usually translated “tribute,” such as conquering kings required of their vassals (e.g., Judg 3:15-18), but forced tribute is hardly the sense intended here. The people of Judah voluntarily made Jehoshaphat very wealthy. As with Uzziah (2 Chr 26:16) and Hezekiah (32:25), riches often result in pride. However, Jehoshaphat was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He was not proud of his own achievements; instead, his courage led him to remove idolatrous worship from the kingdom. Jehoshaphat established control within his kingdom by practicing righteousness and faithfulness to God.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

all Judah brought . . . presents--This was customary with the people generally at the beginning of a reign (Sa1 10:27), and with the nobles and high functionaries yearly afterwards. They were given in the form of voluntary offerings, to avoid the odious idea of a tax or tribute.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(5) Therefore.—And (so “also,” “so that,” in 2Ch_17:7; 2Ch_17:10).

The Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand.—Comp. 2Ki_14:5.

Presents.—Minchah. This word often means tributary offerings, as in 2Ch_17:11, but here it obviously denotes the voluntary gifts of loyal subjects, usual at the beginning of a reign (1Sa_10:27).

And he had (or got) riches and honour in abundance.—Like David and Solomon (1Ch_29:28; 2Ch_1:12).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

5. bought … presents] Probably congratulatory gifts at his accession; cp. 1Sa_10:27.

riches and honour] Cp. 2Ch_18:1.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand,.... Piety is the best prop of government; the throne is best supported and established by truth, righteousness, and mercy; by the exercise of these Jehoshaphat was settled in his kingdom, and had a place in the hearts of his people:

and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; being well affected to him, as well as it was usual so to do at a prince's accession to the throne, see Sa1 10:27.

and he had riches and honour in abundance; through the presents his subjects brought him, and the respect they showed him.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Presents - i. e. “free-will offerings,” in addition to the regular taxes. See 1Sa 10:27.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Presents, as was customary, (1 K. x. 27,) or tribute. C.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; as subjects in those times and places used to do to their kings, as a token of their respect and subjection to them. See 1Sa 10:27; 1Ki 10:25; 2Ch 32:23.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

All Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat. These presents were, of course, voluntary gifts, though, like not a few others, custom may have taken off from them something of the bloom of spontaneousness (1Sa_10:27; 2Sa_8:2; 1Ki_4:21 1Ki_10:25; Psa_72:10)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brought presents - As subjects in those times used to do to their kings, as a token of their respect and subjection to them.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Yahweh established the rule in his hand

The phrase "his hand" represents Jehoshaphat's control. AT: "Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom" (See: Metonymy)

honor in abundance

The word "honor" may be expressed as a verb. AT: "was greatly honored" or "the people greatly honored him" (See: Abstract Nouns)

His heart

Here the king is represented by his "heart" to emphasize his will and desires. AT: "He" (See: Synecdoche)

translationWords

rule

hand

tribute

honor

heart

high place

Asherah

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 15 words (14 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻôsher (“riches”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “riches” (ʻôsher) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does Genesis 31:16, which shares the word «riches», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
«וַיָּ֨כֶן» is a Hiphil Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 15 Hebrew ↔ 22 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 16 words in this verse.
14 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 15 words in this verse.