2 Chronicles 36:14 BSB

2 Chronicles 36:14

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּ֠ם	gam	also	H1571 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
שָׂרֵ֨י	sa.Rei	[the] leaders of	H8269 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
וְהָעָם֙	ve.ha.'Am	and the people	H5971 →
הִרְבּ֣וּ	hir.Bu	they increased	H7235 →
לִמְעָל	lim.'ol-	to act unfaithfully	H4603 →
מַ֔עַל	Ma.'al	unfaithfulness	H4604 →
כְּכֹ֖ל	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
תֹּעֲב֣וֹת	to.'a.Vot	[the] abominations of	H8441 →
הַגּוֹיִ֑ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
וַֽיְטַמְּאוּ֙	vay.ta.me.'U	and they made unclean	H2930 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הִקְדִּ֖ישׁ	hik.Dish	he had consecrated	H6942 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →

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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.

Through
Daniel 9:8
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
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.
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.