NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon For the LevitesLeviyiy (lay-vee-ee') a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite. left `azab (aw-zab') to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely. their suburbs migrash (mig-rawsh') a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea -- cast out, suburb. and their possession 'achuzzah (akh-ooz-zaw') something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land) -- possession. and came yalak (yaw-lak') to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses) to Judah Yhuwdah (yeh-hoo-daw') celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah. and Jerusalem Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im) founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem. for Jeroboam Yarob`am (yaw-rob-awm') (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings -- Jeroboam. and his sons ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. had cast them off zanach (zaw-nakh') cast away (off), remove far away (off). from executing the priest's office kahan (kaw-han') to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia -- deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office). unto the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD. King James Bible For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: Holman Christian Standard Bible for the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests of Yahweh. International Standard Version because the descendants of Levi left their pasture lands and their property to live in Judah and Jerusalem, since Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from participating in priestly services to the LORD. NET Bible The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the LORD's priests. GOD'S WORD® Translation The priests abandoned their land and property and went to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his descendants rejected them as the LORD's priests. King James 2000 Bible For the Levites left their pastures lands and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: Links 2 Chronicles 11:142 Chronicles 11:14 NIV 2 Chronicles 11:14 NLT 2 Chronicles 11:14 ESV 2 Chronicles 11:14 NASB 2 Chronicles 11:14 KJV |
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