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2 Chronicles 29:9
9You know that cruel enemies killed our fathers. They took away our sons, our daughters and our wives as their prisoners. That was God's punishment.
2 Chronicles 29:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
- New International Version (NIV)This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed, because of this our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity.
Context of 2 Chronicles 29:9
7They shut the doors at the entrance of the temple. They stopped burning oil in the lamps. They did not offer to Israel's God any incense or burnt offerings in his holy place. 8So the Lord became angry with Judah and Jerusalem. He made them disgusting places which other people insult. You can see this with your own eyes. You know that cruel enemies killed our fathers. They took away our sons, our daughters and our wives as their prisoners. That was God's punishment. 10Now I want to make a covenant with the Lord, Israel's God. Then he will stop being angry with us. 11My sons, the Lord has chosen you to serve him in his temple and to offer sacrifices. So do your work well.’
Read all of 2 Chronicles 292 Chronicles 29:9 word by word
וְהִנֵּ֛ה נָפְל֥וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ בֶּחָ֑רֶב וּבָנֵ֨ינוּ וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּ וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּ בַּשְּׁבִ֖י עַל־זֹֽאת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:9
- 2 Chronicles 28:5Because of this, the Lord his God put Ahaz under the power of the king of Syria. Syria's army won a battle against Ahaz's men. The king of Syria took many of Ahaz's people to Damascus as his prisoners. The Lord also allowed the king of Israel to attack Ahaz. Israel's soldiers completely won the battle against Ahaz.
- Leviticus 26:17God will fight against you. Your enemies will win the war. They will become your rulers. Your soldiers will run away even when nobody is running after them.
- Lamentations 5:7Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead. Now we have the troubles that you caused because of them. You punished us because of their sin.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:9
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11Hezekiah's speech used words common during exile to describe the nation's failure. Like during Rehoboam's separation (2 Chronicles 12:1; see 13:10), the people were unfaithful when they abandoned the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem--This pious king had the discernment to ascribe all the national calamities that had befallen the kingdom to the true cause, namely, apostasy from God. The country had been laid waste by successive wars of invasion, and its resources drained. Many families mourned members of their household still suffering the miseries of foreign captivity; all their former prosperity and glory had fled…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29
- 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
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