2 Kings 24:4
in 2 Kings 24and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
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ASV
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
KJV
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.
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This verse in 2 Kings 24
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,.... See 2Ki 21:16 which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; see Jer 26:21, which the Lord would not pardon; he pardoned the sins of Manasseh, who repented, but not the sins of those persons who imitated him, but repented not; or though he personally pardoned the sins of Manasseh, so that he was saved everlastingly, yet the temporal punishment of the nation for those sins, in which they were involved with him, was not averted.
This site's exposition
because of the sins of Manasseh
on 2 Kings 24:3-4
The narrator states that Judah's fall came "at the LORD’s command", "because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done". The second ground is "the innocent blood he had shed". Verse 4 closes, "the LORD was unwilling to forgive", a national judgment that outlives Josiah's reform.
This site's exposition
the innocent blood he had shed
John Gill ties this innocent blood to Manasseh at 21:16 and to its continuation in the days of Jehoiakim. Jeremiah 26:20-23 records Jehoiakim bringing the prophet Uriah back from Egypt and putting him to the sword. The blood in Jerusalem kept flowing.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַ֤ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| דַּֽם־ | dam- | [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַנָּקִי֙ | hanaki | the innocent | H5355 → | 43 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁפָ֔ךְ | shafakh | he had shed | H8210 → | 114 times |
| וַיְמַלֵּ֥א | vaymale' | and he filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| דָּ֣ם | dam | blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| נָקִ֑י | naki | innocent | H5355 → | 43 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אָבָ֥ה | ʾavah | he was willing | H14 → | 54 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לִסְלֹֽחַ׃ | lisloach | to forgive | H5545 → | 46 times |
וְגַ֤םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
דַּֽם־[the] blood of
dam-H1818 →360 times
הַנָּקִי֙the innocent
hanakiH5355 →43 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁפָ֔ךְhe had shed
shafakhH8210 →114 times
וַיְמַלֵּ֥אand he filled
vaymale'H4390 →249 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
דָּ֣םblood
damH1818 →360 times
נָקִ֑יinnocent
nakiH5355 →43 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
אָבָ֥הhe was willing
ʾavahH14 →54 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לִסְלֹֽחַ׃to forgive
lisloachH5545 →46 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
Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
it leads to
- Luke 11:50–51
As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- Psalms 106:38
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- Isaiah 26:21
For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Ezekiel 22:24–27
“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’
- Luke 11:50–51
Through
Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
it leads to
- 2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the…
- 2 Kings 21:16
Through
Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:16
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Jeremiah 7:9–10
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- Deuteronomy 12:16
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Kings.