What Does 2 Chronicles 35:27 Mean in the King James?

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

2 Chronicles 35:27 · KJV

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

“First and last” makes the deeds a whole-life account: no single moment contains the record.

THE MEANING

This verse holds your deeds across the full span, from first to last. What you do gathers into a trace by which a life can be remembered as a whole.

THE ROOT

מַעֲשָׂיו

ma'asav

GROWS FROM

עשה

To do, to make.

The Hebrew word for “deeds” grows from the same root as “to do” and “to make.” It presents actions as what a life makes over time, gathered here into a record from first to last.

ALSO GROWS

oseh: One who does or makes.

עֹשֶׂה

The participle keeps the root in motion: deeds are acts of doing, not an abstract quality.

ma'aseh: Work, deed, or act.

מַעֲשֶׂה

This is the singular noun from the same root; it is the seed-form behind the king’s recorded deeds.

THE PATTERN

A life’s deeds accumulate into an account that can be read across its whole span.

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,

1 Chronicles 29:29 · KJVDavid’s record is also described as written from first to last, holding a whole life in view.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 · KJVThe account extends beyond public deeds to every work, including what remains secret.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:12 · KJVThe opened books make the record of works explicit and consequential.

THE THREAD

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 · KJV

The Hebrew word ⁨מַעֲשֶׂה⁩ (ma’aseh, work or deed) names the king’s deeds here and every work in Ecclesiastes. Both grow from ⁨עשה⁩ (asah, to do or make), joining what is done to what is recorded and brought into account.

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