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

2Then Adonai sent against him marauding bands of the Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites and Ammonites—He sent them against Judah to destroy it, as was the word of Adonai that He had spoken by the hand of His servants the prophets. 3Surely at the command of Adonai this happened to Judah, to banish them from His presence, because of all the sins of Manasseh and all that he had committed, and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon. 5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, 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 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another—in addition to his sin which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in Adonai’s eyes.
• Numbers 35:33You are not to pollute the land in which you are. Blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for land polluted by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who sheds it.
• Deuteronomy 19:10Then innocent blood will not be shed within your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and there would be blood upon you.
• Jeremiah 2:34Moreover on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor —you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things,
• Jeremiah 19:4For they have forsaken Me and have alienated this place, by burning sacrifices in it to other gods, which neither they nor their forefathers, nor the kings of Judah have known. They have also filled this place with the blood of innocents.
• Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and their daughters, sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. So the land was desecrated with blood.
• Jeremiah 15:1Then said Adonai to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Cast them out of My presence, and let them go out!”
• Lamentations 3:42We have transgressed and rebelled— You have not pardoned.
• Ezekiel 33:25“Therefore say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘You eat with the blood, lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood. Should you possess 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