2 Kings 25:10 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 25:10

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

KJV

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 2:17-19 (386)

What think you of Nebuchadnezzar? Have you not heard from Scripture that he was bloodthirsty, fierce, with the disposition of a lion? Have you not heard that he disinterred the kings? Have you not heard that he brought the people away into captivity? Have you not heard that he put the king's sons to the sword before Zedekiah's eyes and then blinded him? Have you not heard that he shattered the cherubim?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sin unwalls a people and takes away their defence. These walls were never repaired till Nehemiah's time. The residue of the people are carried away captive to Babylon,

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חוֹמֹ֥ת	cho.Mot	[the] walls of	H2346 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
סָבִ֑יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
נָֽתְצוּ֙	na.te.Tzu	they broke down	H5422 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
חֵ֣יל	cheil	[the] army of	H2428 →
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים	kas.Dim	[the] Chaldeans	H3778 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
רַב־	rav-	[was the] chief of	H7227 →
טַבָּחִֽים׃	ta.ba.Chim	[the] bodyguards	H2876 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Nehemiah 1:3
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
leads to
- Nehemiah 2:17
  Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we…
- Nehemiah 2:13
  So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the…
Through
Jeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
leads to
- Nehemiah 1:3
  And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Jeremiah 38:18
  But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself…
- Jeremiah 21:10
  For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
- Jeremiah 52:13–14
  He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Through
Jeremiah 5:10
Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:27
  For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
- Psalms 78:61–62
  He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings