2 Chronicles 36:19 BSB

2 Chronicles 36:19

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

KJV

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They burnt the house of God - Here was an end to the temple; the most superb and costly edifice ever erected by man. Brake down the wall of Jerusalem - So it ceased to be a fortified city. Burnt all the palaces - So it was no longer a dwelling-place for kings or great men. Destroyed all the goodly vessels - Beat up all the silver and gold into masses, keeping only a few of the finest in their own shape. See 2Ch 36:18.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ֙	vai.yis.re.Fu	and they burned	H8313 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וַֽיְנַתְּצ֔וּ	vay.na.te.Tzu	and they pulled down	H5422 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
חוֹמַ֣ת	cho.Mat	[the] wall of	H2346 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙	'ar.me.no.Tei.ha	palaces its	H759 →
שָׂרְפ֣וּ	sa.re.Fu	they burned	H8313 →
בָאֵ֔שׁ	va.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
כְּלֵ֥י	ke.Lei	[the] articles of	H3627 →
מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָ	ma.cha.ma.Dei.ha	preciousness<es> its	H4261 →
לְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ ס	le.hash.Chit	to destroy	H7843 →

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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
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
leads to
- Micah 3:11
  Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Zephaniah 3:11
  On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in…
- Matthew 3:9–10
  And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Through
1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land…
leads to
- Jeremiah 22:8–9
  And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- Deuteronomy 29:24–26
  So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Through
Psalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
leads to
- Lamentations 1:10
  The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
Through
Jeremiah 7:14
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
leads to
- Psalms 78:60
  He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- 2 Kings 25:9
  He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.