2 Chronicles 18:10
in 2 Chronicles 18Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
KJV
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 18
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
horns of iron
on 2 Chronicles 18:10-11
Zedekiah's sign-act, horns of iron with which thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed, dramatizes Deut 33:17's picture of a bull's horns pushing the peoples, an enacted prophecy of the kind Jeremiah's yoke and Ezekiel's brick later repeat. All four hundred prophesy the identical verdict, go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, a chorus answering the king's question before Micaiah ever opens his mouth. Chronicles preserves the scene unchanged from 1 Ki 22:11-12, where the sign-act already has its full exposition.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ל֛וֹ | lo | for himself | ||
| צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ | tzidkiyahu | Zedekiah | H6667 → | 63 times |
| בֶֽן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| כְּנַעֲנָ֖ה | kenaanah | Kenaanah | H3668 → | |
| קַרְנֵ֣י | karnei | horns of | H7161 → | |
| בַרְזֶ֑ל | varzel | iron | H1270 → | 76 times |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּאֵ֛לֶּה | beeleh | with these | H428 → | 746 times |
| תְּנַגַּ֥ח | tenagach | you will gore | H5055 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲרָ֖ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ | kalotam | destroy them | H3615 → | 208 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he had made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
ל֛וֹfor himself
lo
צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּZedekiah
tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times
בֶֽן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
כְּנַעֲנָ֖הKenaanah
kenaanahH3668 →
קַרְנֵ֣יhorns of
karneiH7161 →
בַרְזֶ֑לiron
varzelH1270 →76 times
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּאֵ֛לֶּהwith these
beelehH428 →746 times
תְּנַגַּ֥חyou will gore
tenagachH5055 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲרָ֖םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃destroy them
kalotamH3615 →208 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 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
it leads to
- Exodus 7:11
But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
- Revelation 2:20
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
- Acts 13:8–11
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- 1 Timothy 6:5
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- 2 Timothy 4:15
You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.
- Exodus 7:11
Through
Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
it 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…
- Jeremiah 13:10
These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this…
- Amos 9:10
All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
- Micah 3:11
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.
