What Does 2 Chronicles 13:22 Mean in the King James?
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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 Hebrew word behind both “acts” and “sayings” is built on the same root: what Abijah did and what he said are gathered together as matters of his life.
THE MEANING
Your actions, the way you move through life, and your words all belong to the shape of a life; none stands alone. The verse pictures them gathered into a written account associated with the prophet Iddo.
THE ROOT
דִּבְרֵי
divrei
GROWS FROM
ד־ב־ר
d-b-r
Speak; matter or thing.
“acts / sayings” in this verse is divrei. The KJV renders the first form “acts” and the second “sayings,” though both come from דָּבָר (davar), a word that can mean “word” or “matter.” The verse gathers deeds and speech within one word-family, letting a life’s events and expressions belong to the same account.
ALSO GROWS
davar: Word, matter, or thing.
דָּבָר
It holds together what is spoken and what is a matter of someone’s life.
dibber: He spoke; to speak.
דִּבֵּר
It makes the speech sense audible within the same root as the “acts” recorded here.
מִדְרָשׁ
midrash
GROWS FROM
ד־ר־שׁ
d-r-sh
Seek, inquire, investigate.
The KJV’s “story” translates מִדְרָשׁ (midrash), a word carrying the sense of inquiry or exposition. The account is thus shaded by the idea of material sought out and examined, not merely a tale told.
ALSO GROWS
darash: To seek, inquire, or investigate.
דָּרַשׁ
This verb gives the written account its underlying sense of seeking into a matter.
midrash: Inquiry or exposition; an interpretive account.
מִדְרָשׁ
This is the word used for the record in which Abijah’s life is written.
דְּרָכָיו
derakhav
GROWS FROM
ד־ר־ך
d-r-k
Tread; take a way.
“His ways” is his דֶּרֶךְ (derekh), his traveled path. The verse places that path beside his matters and words, presenting a life as a course as well as a set of deeds and sayings.
ALSO GROWS
derekh: Road, way, or path.
דֶּרֶךְ
It names the course of life included in the record.
darakh: To tread or step.
דָּרַךְ
It gives the path a lived, traveled quality rather than making it an abstract idea.
THE PATTERN
A written witness gathers a life’s deeds and words into a record that remains available for another reader.
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.THE THREAD
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?The Hebrew word rendered “acts” here also comes from ד־ב־ר, the root behind Abijah’s “acts” and “sayings.” In both verses, the record gathers a person’s matters under that shared word-family.
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