King James Version

2 Chronicles 8:3

And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvayelekhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…שְׁלֹמֹה֙shelomoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהnoun, proper name — “Solomon”H8010Shelomah, David's successorSolomon.חֲמָ֣תchamatHamath-Zobahחֲמַת צוֹבָהnoun, proper name — “Hamath-Zobah”H2578Chamath-TsobahHamath-Zobah.צוֹבָ֔הtsovahHamath-Zobahחֲמַת צוֹבָהnoun, proper name — “Hamath-Zobah”H2578Chamath-TsobahHamath-Zobah.וַיֶּחֱזַ֖קvayechezaqand be constantחָזַקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be constant”, the next action in the storyH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintai…עָלֶֽיהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Solomon goeth to Hamath-Zobah, and layeth hold upon it;

World English Bible

Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it.

Darby Translation

And Solomon went to Hamath-Zobah, and overcame it.

Douay-Rheims

He went also into Emath Suba, and possessed it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Solomon came to Bæsoba, and fortified it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦλθε Σαλωμὼν εἰς Βαισωβὰ, καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτήν.

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Young’s Literal Translation

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Darby Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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