2 Kings 23:27

2 Kings 23:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• New International Version (NIV)So the Lord said, “I will remove Judah also from my presence as I removed Israel, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’ ”

Context of 2 Kings 23:27

25Josiah turned to the Lord and he served the Lord faithfully with all his strength. He obeyed all the Law of Moses. No other king was like Josiah, either before him or after him. 26But the Lord continued to be angry with the people of Judah. The wicked things that King Manasseh did had made him very angry. So the Lord said, ‘I will also send Judah away from me, as I sent Israel away. I will refuse to stay in Jerusalem and in my temple. I chose the city to be my home and the place where people would worship me. But now I will leave there. ’ 28The other things that happened while Josiah was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of Judah's kings’. It tells about the things that Josiah did. 29While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho, the king of Egypt, took his army up to the River Euphrates. He went there to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah took his army to fight against Pharaoh Necho. But Necho killed Josiah in a battle at Megiddo.

2 Kings 23:27 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה גַּ֤ם אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ אָסִיר֙ מֵעַ֣ל פָּנַ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲסִרֹ֖תִי אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּ֠מָאַסְתִּי אֶת־הָעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֤את אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתִּי יִהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמִ֖י שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I will removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• also out of my sightפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and will cast offמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• which I have chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• and the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• My nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for 2 Kings 23:27

• 2 Kings 17:18The Lord was so angry with Israel that he sent them far away from himself. Only the tribe of Judah remained.
• 2 Kings 18:11The king of Assyria took the Israelites as prisoners to Assyria. He caused them to live in Halah, at Gozan beside the River Habor and in the towns in Media.
• 2 Kings 21:13I will judge Jerusalem and I will punish the people, as I punished Samaria and the family of King Ahab. I will remove the people from Jerusalem, like someone who washes the dirt from both sides of a plate.
• 2 Kings 24:3The Lord had said that these things must happen. He had decided to send Judah away from himself because of the sins that King Manasseh had done.
• 2 Kings 25:11Captain Nebuzaradan sent away as prisoners all the people who remained in Jerusalem. He also sent away those people who had agreed to serve the king of Babylon and the workers who were still there.
• Deuteronomy 29:27So the Lord was angry with the people in this land. He punished them with all the terrible troubles that are written in this book.
• Ezekiel 23:32This is what the Lord God says: “You will drink from the same cup of punishment that I gave to your sister. It is a cup that holds a lot of punishment. People will laugh at you and they will insult you.
• Psalms 51:11Do not send me away from you. Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me.
• Jeremiah 31:37The Lord says, ‘Nobody can measure the size of the sky. Nobody can dig down to the bottom of the earth's foundations. In the same way, I can never turn away from all Israel's people. I will not leave them, even though they have done wicked things.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Jeremiah 33:24‘Some people are saying, “The Lord chose the two nations of Israel and Judah to be his special people. But now he has turned away from them.” You have heard people say those things. They do not think that my people will ever be a nation again.
• Lamentations 2:7His holy house and his altar there no longer give pleasure to the Lord. He has given Zion's most beautiful houses to the enemy. They shout in the holy house of the Lord as people shout on a special holy day.
• 2 Kings 21:4He built altars in the Lord's temple. The Lord had said about his temple, ‘That is my home in Jerusalem where people will worship me.’
• 1 Kings 8:29Watch over this temple and take care of it day and night. This is the place about which you said, “People will give honour to my name there.” Please answer my prayers when I turn towards this place to pray to you.
• 1 Kings 9:3The Lord said to Solomon, ‘I have heard your prayer and how you have asked me to help you. I have made this temple that you have built a special place for me. People will worship me there for ever. I will always be there to watch over it.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 23:27

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27It added to the guilt of Judah that she had had the warning of her sister Israel‘s example, and had failed to profit by it.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-30Verses 25-30 Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable, and past finding out. The reforming king is cut off in the midst of his usefulness, in mercy to him, that he might not see the evil coming upon his kingdom: but in wrath to his people, for his death was an inlet to their desolations. (2Ki 23:31-37)Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27I will remove Judah: Even though Josiah made strong reforms, Manasseh's wickedness was deeply rooted among the people. Josiah could not change their unfaithful hearts, so they would face the consequences for breaking God's covenant (Deuteronomy 28:15–68).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 23:27

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Josiah
• Kings, The Books of
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on 2 Kings 23

• 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