2 Chronicles 24:7 BSB

2 Chronicles 24:7

For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.

KJV

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The sons - Ahaziah, and his brethren before they were carried away captive, chap. xxi, 17, who did this by her instigation, as this phrase implies. Broke up - Both broke up the treasuries, and defaced the house itself.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
עֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙	'a.tal.Ya.hu	Athaliah	H6271 →
הַמִּרְשַׁ֔עַת	ha.mir.Sha.'at	the wickedness	H4849 →
בָּנֶ֥יהָ	ba.Nei.ha	sons her	H1121 →
פָרְצ֖וּ	fa.re.Tzu	they had broken into	H6555 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וְגַם֙	ve.Gam	and also	H1571 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
קָדְשֵׁ֣י	ka.de.Shei	[the] holy things of	H6944 →
בֵית־	veit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עָשׂ֖וּ	'a.Su	they had used	H6213 →
לַבְּעָלִֽים׃	la.be.'a.Lim	for the Baals	H1168 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
leads to
- Psalms 112:6
  Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
- Luke 1:48
  For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
- Mark 14:9
  And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Psalms 109:13
  May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16
  And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
Through
Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised…
leads to
- Job 12:10
  The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Daniel 4:37
  Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in…
Through
2 Chronicles 21:17
So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
  Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…