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2 Chronicles 34:6

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Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.

KJV

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 34

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Therefore, it is necessary to observe that, after the destruction of Samaria by Shalmaneser, the remnant that continued on the mountains of Israel maintained a close intercourse with Judah, and looked to the sovereigns of that kingdom as their natural protectors.

This site's exposition

burnt the bones of the priests

on 2 Chronicles 34:5-7

Burning the priests' bones on their own altars was the ultimate defilement under the law, and Gill ties the act to a prophecy given more than three hundred and fifty years earlier, the man of God at Bethel who named this very deed before Josiah was born. The purge runs north into the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon and Naphtali, territory that had been Israel's kingdom and now sat resettled under Assyria, and Josiah treats it as his own to cleanse. Chronicles will return to this reach into the north for Hezekiah's passover invitation in chapter thirty; here it is the king's own axe rather than an invitation sent ahead.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Naphtali - Which was in the utmost borders of the kingdom of Israel. For it must be remembered, that the ten tribes were now gone into captivity; and those who were come in their stead were weak and few, and not able to withstand the power of Josiah.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּבְעָרֵ֨יand in [the] cities of

    uveareiH5892 →1090 times

  • מְנַשֶּׁ֧הManasseh

    menashehH4519 →146 times

  • וְאֶפְרַ֛יִםand Ephraim

    veefrayimH669 →180 times

  • וְשִׁמְע֖וֹןand Simeon

    veshimonH8095 →

  • וְעַד־and to

    vead-H5704 →1261 times

  • נַפְתָּלִ֑יNaphtali

    naftaliH5321 →

  • בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖םwith swords their

    becharboteihemH2719 →413 times

  • סָבִֽיב׃all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 13:20–21Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.2 works2 Chronicles 30:1Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.2 works2 Chronicles 30:10–11And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.2 works2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.2 worksProverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.2 works2 Kings 23:15–20He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 7:25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 Chronicles 31:1

    When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 18:4

      He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites…

    • 2 Chronicles 32:12

      Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

  • Through

    Proverbs 25:18

    Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 57:4

      My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

    • Proverbs 12:18

      Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

    • James 3:6

      The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…

    • Jeremiah 9:8

      Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

    • Jeremiah 9:3

      “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 30:1

    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover…

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 5:7–8

      Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 34 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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