God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 29:9
9Our fathers were killed in battle, and our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this.
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 also shut the doors of the ⌞temple’s⌟ entrance hall, extinguished the lamps, and didn’t burn incense or sacrifice burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 8So the Lord was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. He made them something that shocks and terrifies people and that people ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes. Our fathers were killed in battle, and our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this. 10Now I intend to make a pledge to the Lord God of Israel so that he may turn his burning anger away from us. 11Don’t be negligent, my sons. The Lord has chosen you to stand in front of him, serve him, be his servants, and burn sacrifices.”
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:9
- 2 Chronicles 28:5So the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Aram, who defeated him, captured many prisoners, and brought them to Damascus. He also handed him over to the king of Israel, who decisively defeated him.
- Leviticus 26:17I will condemn you so that you will go down in defeat in front of your enemies. Those who hate you will be your rulers. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
- Lamentations 5:7Our ancestors sinned. Now they are gone, ⌞but⌟ we have to take the punishment for their wickedness.
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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