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2 Chronicles 36:17

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So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.

KJV

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 36

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
The fearful slaughter took place at the capture of the city, in the courts of the temple itself (Eze 9:6-7; compare Lam 2:7, Lam 2:20).

This site's exposition

slew their young men with the sword

on 2 Chronicles 36:17-19

The Chaldean sword shows the compassion of verse fifteen inverted: it has no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age, striking in the house of their own sanctuary. Chronicles names in one list what Kings tells as narrative: the house of God burnt, the wall of Jerusalem broken down, the palaces burnt with fire, and the goodly vessels that remained destroyed. Clarke calls the temple the most costly building ever raised by human hands, and this chapter is where it ends.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Chaldees - Abraham was called out of Ur of the Chaldees, when God took him into covenant with himself. And now his degenerate seed are carried into that country again, to signify that they had forfeited all that kindness wherewith they had been loved for their father's sake, and the benefit of the covenant into which he was called.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיַּ֨עַלand he brought up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֜םon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים[the] Chaldeans

    kasdiyimH3778 →

  • וַיַּהֲרֹ֨גand he killed

    vaiyaharogH2026 →167 times

  • בַּחוּרֵיהֶ֤םyoung men their

    bachureihemH970 →

  • בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙with the sword

    bacherevH2719 →413 times

  • בְּבֵ֣יתin [the] house of

    beveitH1004 →2046 times

  • מִקְדָּשָׁ֔םsanctuary their

    mikdashamH4720 →75 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • חָמַ֛לhe had compassion

    chamalH2550 →

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בָּח֥וּרyoung man

    bachurH970 →

  • וּבְתוּלָ֖הand young woman

    uvetulahH1330 →

  • זָקֵ֣ן[the] old

    zakenH2205 →178 times

  • וְיָשֵׁ֑שׁand [the] decrepit

    veyasheshH3486 →

  • הַכֹּ֖ל<the> everyone

    hakolH3605 →5413 times

  • נָתַ֥ןhe gave

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • בְּיָדֽוֹ׃in hand his

    beyadoH3027 →1618 times

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

Related verses

18 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.

Jeremiah 51:22With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.7 worksEzekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.6 worksHabakkuk 1:6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.5 worksLamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.5 worksPsalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.4 worksEzra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,4 worksIsaiah 13:18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.4 worksJeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.4 worksJeremiah 40:3and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.3 worksEzekiel 9:5–7And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!3 worksPsalms 79:1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.3 worksDeuteronomy 28:50a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.3 worksDeuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.3 worksJeremiah 11:22So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.3 worksEzekiel 9:7Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.3 worksDeuteronomy 31:16–18And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.2 worksJeremiah 39:1–18In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.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

    Psalms 74:20

    Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:45

      And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

    • Genesis 17:7–8

      I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    • Hebrews 8:10

      For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And…

    • Psalms 89:34–36

      I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

    • Psalms 89:28

      I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 40:3

    and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.

    it leads to

    • Romans 2:5

      But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

    • Daniel 9:11–12

      All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out…

  • Through

    Ezra 9:7

    From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 29:6

      For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs…

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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 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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