Tob-Adonijah

Levite and Teacher in Judah

Le royaume diviséPriestLeaderc. 870 BC

Tob-Adonijah was a Levite sent out by King Jehoshaphat in his third year of reign to teach the people of Judah the law of the Lord. He was part of a group of Levites, priests, and officials who traveled through the cities of Judah with the Book of the Law, teaching the people.

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Sent out to teach the people

King Jehoshaphat sent Tob-Adonijah along with other Levites, priests and officials to teach the people in the cities of Judah from the law of the Lord.

2 Ch 17:7 Voir dans le contexte →

7In the third year of his reign he sent his officials—Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach in the cities of Judah,

וּבִשְׁנַ֨ת שָׁל֜וֹשׁ לְמָלְכ֗וֹ שָׁלַ֤ח לְשָׂרָיו֙ לְבֶן־חַ֙יִל֙ וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה וְלִזְכַרְיָ֔ה וְלִנְתַנְאֵ֖ל וּלְמִיכָיָ֑הוּ לְלַמֵּ֖ד בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ ‬

2 Ch 17:8 Voir dans le contexte →

8and with them the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; and with them the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

וְעִמָּהֶ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֗ם שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּ וּנְתַנְיָ֡הוּ וּזְבַדְיָ֡הוּ וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡ל *ושמרימות **וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת וִֽיהוֹנָתָן֩ וַאֲדֹ֨נִיָּ֧הוּ וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ וְט֥וֹב אֲדוֹנִיָּ֖ה הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם אֱלִישָׁמָ֥ע וִֽיהוֹרָ֖ם הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ ‬

2 Ch 17:9 Voir dans le contexte →

9They taught in Judah, having with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went around through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

וַֽיְלַמְּדוּ֙ בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְעִ֨מָּהֶ֔ם סֵ֖פֶר תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ בְּכָל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַֽיְלַמְּד֖וּ בָּעָֽם׃ ‬

Part of Jehoshaphat's reform program

Tob-Adonijah was part of Jehoshaphat's extensive religious reform program, where the king sought to lead the people back to faithfulness toward the Lord by ensuring instruction in the law.

2 Ch 17:3 Voir dans le contexte →

3The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David and did not seek the Baals.

וַיְהִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִם־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט כִּ֣י הָלַ֗ךְ בְּדַרְכֵ֞י דָּוִ֤יד אָבִיו֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א דָרַ֖שׁ לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ ‬

2 Ch 17:4 Voir dans le contexte →

4Instead he sought the God of his father and walked in his commandments, not following the practices of Israel.

כִּ֠י לֽ͏ֵאלֹהֵ֤י אָבִיו֙ דָּרָ֔שׁ וּבְמִצְוֺתָ֖יו הָלָ֑ךְ וְלֹ֖א כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ‬

2 Ch 17:5 Voir dans le contexte →

5So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honor.

וַיָּ֨כֶן יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֧וּ כָל־יְהוּדָ֛ה מִנְחָ֖ה לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט וַֽיְהִי־ל֥וֹ עֹֽשֶׁר־וְכָב֖וֹד לָרֹֽב׃ ‬

2 Ch 17:6 Voir dans le contexte →

6His heart took courage in the ways of the LORD, and he went on to remove the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ לִבּ֖וֹ בְּדַרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְע֗וֹד הֵסִ֛יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֥וֹת וְאֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים מִיהוּדָֽה׃ פ ‬

Teaching with the Book of the Law

The group of Levites and priests that Tob-Adonijah belonged to carried the Book of the Law of the Lord as they traveled through all the cities of Judah, teaching among the people.

2 Ch 17:9 Voir dans le contexte →

9They taught in Judah, having with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went around through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.

The fear of the Lord over neighboring lands

As a result of the spiritual renewal brought about by this teaching, the fear of the Lord came upon all the kingdoms in the surrounding lands, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

2 Ch 17:10 Voir dans le contexte →

10The terror of the LORD was upon all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ פַּ֣חַד יְהוָ֗ה עַ֚ל כָּל־מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הֽ͏ָאֲרָצ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר סְבִיב֣וֹת יְהוּדָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א נִלְחֲמ֖וּ עִם־יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃ ‬

2 Ch 17:11 Voir dans le contexte →

11Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred goats.

וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים מְבִיאִ֧ים לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט מִנְחָ֖ה וְכֶ֣סֶף מַשָּׂ֑א גַּ֣ם הָֽעַרְבִיאִ֗ים מְבִיאִ֥ים לוֹ֙ צֹ֕אן אֵילִ֔ים שִׁבְעַ֤ת אֲלָפִים֙ וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וּתְיָשִׁ֕ים שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵאֽוֹת׃ פ ‬

Mentionné dans la Bible (1)

2 Chroniques 17:8