What Does 2 Kings 13:1 Mean in the King James?
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
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
Jehoahaz’s name means “YHWH has grasped,” so the king who reigns over Israel is named as one already held.
THE MEANING
The verse places a ruler on a throne and gives him a name that says YHWH has grasped. His authority is real, while his name carries a claim deeper than his office. His reign is counted in seventeen years; the name points beyond the tenure.
THE ROOT
יְהוֹאָחָז
Yəhōʾāḥāz
GROWS FROM
אחז
To grasp, seize, or hold.
Jehoahaz joins the divine name element Yeho- to אחז, meaning “to grasp, seize, hold”: his name means “YHWH has grasped.” The line names him as one held even while it identifies him as the one who reigns, keeping authority and dependence together.
ALSO GROWS
ʾāḥaz: Grasped, seized, held.
אָחַז
This verb supplies the action inside Jehoahaz’s name: a ruler is also described as held.
ʾăḥuzzāh: Possession, holding, or estate.
אֲחֻזָּה
This related noun gives the root a sense of what is held or possessed, widening the name’s image from a grasp to an enduring claim.
THE PATTERN
Scripture uses names to disclose the character, relationship, or calling carried inside a person’s identity.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.THE THREAD
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.Jehoahaz carries אחז (ʾāḥaz), “to grasp, hold”; Psalm 139:10 uses the same root for the hand that holds the speaker. The shared word carries the name’s claim from a king’s identity into an intimate image of being held.
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