in/with/by — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)עָלָ֔ה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativeנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylonמֶ֣לֶךְ
melek
a kingבָּבֶ֑ל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireוַיְהִי
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)ל֨וֹ
le-
to/for him/his/itיְהוֹיָקִ֥ים
Yᵉhôwyâqîym
Jehojakim, a Jewish kingעֶ֨בֶד֙
ʻebed
a servantשָׁלֹ֣שׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thriceשָׁנִ֔ים
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)וַיָּ֖שָׁב
shûwb
and — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, againוַיִּמְרָד
mârad
and — to rebelבּֽוֹ
be-
in/with/by him/his/it
2 Kings 24:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
Jehoiakim's rebellion after three years of submission repeats the same pattern of vassal-kings testing imperial patience that has run through this entire book's Assyrian and Babylonian relationships.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.”
Jehoiakim's rebellion after three years of submission repeats the same pattern of vassal-kings testing imperial patience that has run through this entire book's Assyrian and Babylonian relationships.