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2 Chronicles 36:14

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Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

KJV

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 36

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Polluted the house of the Lord - Toward the close of Zedekiah’s reign idolatrous rites of several different kinds were intruded into the sacred precincts of the temple (compare Eze 8:10-16).

This site's exposition

they defiled the house of the LORD

The chief priests, who should have led resistance to idolatry, lead it instead, and the whole people follow after the abominations of the nations. Henry's comment stands on the text's own logic: a place is not far from ruin where religion in it is already ruined.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Moreover, the chief of the priests, and of the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the Heathens,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The priests, the chief of the priests, who should have opposed idolatry, were ring-leaders in it. That place is not far from ruin in which religion is already ruined. The great aggravation of their sin, and that which filled the measure of it, was the abuse they gave to God's prophets, who were sent to call them to repentance,

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Also, all etc. They should have instructed Israel, as it is written (Deut.:8): “in accordance with all that the priests, the Levites, instruct you.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 36:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
who adjured him by God as is explained in Ezekiel (17:12): “Say now to the rebellious house, etc.” The entire chapter was written regarding Jehoiachin and Zedekiah: (verse 13f.) “took its king and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon,” refers to Jehoiachin and his company.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 36:13:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
And the Lord..sent upon them All this is an acknowledgment of divine justice, so that you should not say that He did not forewarn them to repent of their evil ways, as it is written: “grasped forever His anger and kept His fury forever (Amos:12).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 36:15:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • גַּ֠םalso

    gamH1571 →769 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • שָׂרֵ֨י[the] leaders of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • וְהָעָם֙and the people

    vehaamH5971 →1873 times

  • הִרְבּ֣וּthey increased

    hirbuH7235 →227 times

  • לִמְעָלto act unfaithfully

    limol-H4603 →36 times

  • מַ֔עַלunfaithfulness

    maalH4604 →28 times

  • כְּכֹ֖לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • תֹּעֲב֣וֹת[the] abominations of

    toavotH8441 →117 times

  • הַגּוֹיִ֑םthe nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙and they made unclean

    vaytameuH2930 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הִקְדִּ֖ישׁhe had consecrated

    hikdishH6942 →171 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.4 worksDaniel 9:8O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.3 worksEzekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.3 worksLeviticus 18:27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.3 worksJeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.3 works2 Chronicles 33:4–7Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 16:10–16Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.2 worksMicah 3:9–11Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,2 worksDaniel 9:6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.2 worksZephaniah 3:3–4Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.2 works2 Chronicles 28:3Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 worksJeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.2 worksEzra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.2 worksJeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”2 worksMicah 3:1–4Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?2 worksJeremiah 37:13–15But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”2 worksEzekiel 22:26–28Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.2 worksMicah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Daniel 9:8

    O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

    it leads to

    • Daniel 9:6–7

      We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.

    • Lamentations 1:18

      The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

    • Lamentations 1:7–8

      In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked…

    • Lamentations 3:42

      “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

    • Jeremiah 14:20

      We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 22:6

    See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 1:23

      Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

    • Ezekiel 22:27

      Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

    • Micah 2:1

      Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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