What Does 2 Chronicles 1:1 Mean in the King James?
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The LORD’s nearness is the hinge between a kingdom made firm and a ruler made great.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks now to the authority you carry: the LORD’s nearness belongs alongside its being made firm and its growth. What becomes strong and what becomes greater remain joined to that presence.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that a secure life or calling comes entirely from your own force; here firmness and enlargement are named alongside the LORD’s presence.
THE ROOT
וַיִּתְחַזֵּק
wayyitḥazzēq
GROWS FROM
חזק
ḥ-z-q
To be firm or strong; to strengthen or make firm.
“strengthened” in this verse is wayyitḥazzēq. English can make this sound like abstract strength; the Hebrew root also carries the sense of being made firm. The verse describes Solomon’s kingdom gaining stability before describing his enlargement.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāzaq: Be strong or firm.
חָזַק
This branch shows that “strengthened” can describe becoming stable, not only gaining force.
ḥizzēq: Strengthen or make firm.
חִזֵּק
This form uses the same seed for actively establishing something in strength.
וַיְגַדְּלֵהוּ
waygaddēlêhû
GROWS FROM
גדל
g-d-l
To grow, become great, or make great.
The Hebrew verb presents the LORD as making Solomon great, so “magnified” carries enlargement, not only increased esteem. The verse moves from a kingdom made firm to a person whose reach grows exceedingly.
ALSO GROWS
gādōl: Great or large.
גָּדוֹל
This branch shows greatness as a quality of size or significance.
migdāl: Tower.
מִגְדָּל
The tower gives the root a visible scale: greatness rises into something that can be seen.
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shelomoh
GROWS FROM
שלם
sh-l-m
Whole, complete, or sound.
“Solomon” in this verse is Shelomoh. Shelomoh’s name belongs to the same word family as shalom, wholeness. His father David (דָּוִד, Dawid, beloved) carries belovedness in the lineage; the verse’s king is named through wholeness and belonging, not title alone.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness.
שָׁלוֹם
This branch lets Solomon’s name carry the sense of a rule associated with wholeness.
shalem: Whole or complete.
שָׁלֵם
This form makes completeness part of the name’s root family.
THE PATTERN
The text depicts God’s nearness as accompanying a person’s strengthening, growth, or fruitful action.
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.THE THREAD
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.The same root חזק (ḥ-z-q, to be firm or strong) is rendered “strengthened” here and “harden” in Exodus 4:21. The root names firmness; its direction shows in what surrounds it, here it accompanies the LORD’s nearness, while there it closes a heart against release.
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