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2 Kings 15:12

This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

KJV

Iste est sermo Domini quem locutus est ad Jehu, dicens : Filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israël. Factumque est ita.

Vulgate

ὁ λόγος Κυρίου ὃν ἐλάλησεν πρὸς Εἰοὺ λέγων Υἱοὶ τέταρτοι καθήσονταί σοι ἐπὶ θρόνου Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.

LXX

This was the word of Jehovah which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.

ASV

ה֣וּא דְבַר יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֶל יֵהוּא֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר בְּנֵ֣י רְבִיעִ֔ים יֵשְׁב֥וּ לְ/ךָ֖ עַל כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽ/יְהִי כֵֽן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Jehu

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֵהוּא֙
yhv'
proper_noun · 58×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רְבִיעִ֔י
rby'y
adjective · 55×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 9:25 — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD l
  • 2Kgs 10:30 — And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of th
  • 2Kgs 13:10 — In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
  • 2Kgs 13:13 — And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
  • 2Kgs 14:29 — And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
  • Acts 1:16 — Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • John 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
  • John 19:24 — They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my ves
  • John 19:36 — For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
  • Mark 13:31 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
  • Zech 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according