2 Kings 24:4

2 Kings 24:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.
• New International Version (NIV)including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

Context of 2 Kings 24:4

2The Lord sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord he had spoken through his servants the prophets. 3Indeed, this happened to Judah at the Lord’s command to remove them from his presence. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done, and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive. 5The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. 6Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

2 Kings 24:4 word by word

וְגַ֤ם דַּֽם־הַנָּקִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁפָ֔ךְ וַיְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑י וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לִסְלֹֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And also for the innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• that he shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• for he filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• wouldאָבָה'âbâh · be willingH14
• not pardonסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545

Cross-references for 2 Kings 24:4

• 2 Kings 21:16Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
• Numbers 35:33“Do not defile the land where you live, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
• Deuteronomy 19:10In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking and entering. But in spite of all these things
• Jeremiah 19:4because they have abandoned me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
• Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood — the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; so the land became polluted with blood.
• Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before me, my compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go.
• Lamentations 3:42“We have sinned and rebelled; you have not forgiven.
• Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with blood in it, you look to your idols, and you shed blood. Should you then receive possession of the land?

Commentaries on 2 Kings 24:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4innocent blood: Tradition says that Manasseh killed the prophet Isaiah by cutting him in half (see Hebrews 11:37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. the Lord would not pardon--(see on 2Ki 23:26; Jr 15:1).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 24:4

• Babylon
• Homicide
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoiakim
• Sin
• Unpardonable Sin

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Apt
• Manasseh
• Babylonians
• Chesed
• Jehoiakim
• Jeremiah (2)
• Kings, Books of
• Shebna
• Tax; Taxing

Commentaries on 2 Kings 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings