2 Kings 23:27
in 2 Kings 23For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
KJV
And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
⋯
This verse in 2 Kings 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Ambrose of MilanCONSOLATION ON THE DEATH OF EMPEROR VALENTINIAN 57 · Written before 397.
Nobody must think that anything was detracted to the celerity of death because of one's merits. Enoch was kidnapped, lest malice might spoil his heart, and Josiah, who celebrated the Passover of the Lord in the eighteenth year of his reign in such a manner that he overcame in piousness all the previous kings, did not survive longer through the merits of his faith. No, rather, because grievous destruction threatened the Jewish people, the just king was taken away beforehand.
This site's exposition
the LORD did not turn away from
on 2 Kings 23:26-27
"Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger", which Manasseh had provoked, the judgment already announced at 21:12. The LORD says, "I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel". He will reject the city He chose and the temple.
This site's exposition
I will remove Judah
Albert Barnes finds Judah's guilt heavier for having watched Israel removed at 17:18 and failing to learn from it. Jeremiah 3:8 brings the same charge against Judah as Israel's unfaithful sister. The warning had stood for a century.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
As an evidence of this, even the reforming king is cut off in the midst of his usefulness--in mercy to him, that he might not see the evil which was coming upon his kingdom, but in wrath to his people, for his death was an inlet to their desolations.
And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
It added to the guilt of Judah that she had had the warning of her sister Israel’s example, and had failed to profit by it.
The words behind it
27 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| גַּ֤ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| אָסִיר֙ | ʾasir | I will remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנַ֔י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֲסִרֹ֖תִי | hasiroti | I removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּ֠מָאַסְתִּי | umaasti | and I will reject | H3988 → | 76 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעִ֨יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֤את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ | bacharti | I chose | H977 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֔יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אָמַ֔רְתִּי | ʾamarti | I said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שְׁמִ֖י | shemi | name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| שָֽׁם׃ | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
גַּ֤םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
אָסִיר֙I will remove
ʾasirH5493 →299 times
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
פָּנַ֔יface my
panaiH6440 →2123 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
הֲסִרֹ֖תִיI removed
hasirotiH5493 →299 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּ֠מָאַסְתִּיand I will reject
umaastiH3988 →76 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעִ֨ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֤את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙I chose
bachartiH977 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֔יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אָמַ֔רְתִּיI said
ʾamartiH559 →5305 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
שְׁמִ֖יname my
shemiH8034 →864 times
שָֽׁם׃there
shamH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Kings 21:13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping…
it leads to
- Amos 7:7–8
This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
- Lamentations 2:8
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together…
- Isaiah 34:11
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb…
- Amos 7:7–8
Through
2 Kings 21:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:29
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays…
- 2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- Jeremiah 32:34
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- 1 Kings 8:29
Through
2 Kings 17:20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- 2 Kings 15:29
Through
2 Kings 18:11The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies14
On this verse
On this chapter
About 2 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, CONSOLATION ON THE DEATH OF EMPEROR VALENTINIAN 57; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.