| 9. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with two coordinated subjects, melekh yisraʼel {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל | mèleḵ yiśrāʼēl} ‘sovereign ruler’ and viyehoshaphat melekh-yehudah {וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֡ה | wə-yĕhôšāp̄āṭ mèleḵ yĕhû-ḏāh} ‘Jehoshaphat, the Judahite monarch’, linked by the conjunction vav. The participle yoshvim {יוֹשְׁבִים֩ | yôšwêḇîm} forms a circumstantial clause indicating posture. The phrase ʼish ʿal-kīsô {אִ֨ישׁ עַל־כִּסְא֜וֹ | ʼîš ʿal-kīsô} ‘each on his throne’ uses a distributive noun with a prepositional phrase. The Pual participle məlubbāšîm with bəgādîm frames their ceremonial dress. Locative phrases bəgṓren {בְּגֹ֔רֶן | bəgṓren} and pĕṯāḥ šāʿar {פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר | pĕṯāḥ šāʿar} specify the public setting at the threshing floor and gate of Samaria {šōmrōn | שֹׁמְרוֹן}, emphasizing a communal gathering. The final clause wə-kol-hannevîʼîm mitnabbêʼîm lifnêhem {וְכָל־הַ֨נְּבִיאִים מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם | wə-kōl-hannevîʼîm mitnabbêʼîm lifnêhem} conveys the prophets’ ongoing proclamation, underscoring the collaborative nature of royal-prophetic deliberation. |