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2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records God's judgment on Judah immediately after the people mocked His messengers and despised His prophets. This moment describes the invasion of Jerusalem as the direct result of unaddressed divine warning.
The words — The verb וַ/יַּ֨עַל (va/i.Ya.'al) means "he brought up," indicating the enemy's military advance, while וַ/יַּהֲרֹ֨ג (va/i.ya.ha.Rog) means "he killed," describing the sanctuary slaughter.
The thread — This invasion fulfills the national guilt acknowledged in Ezra 9:7 and the covenant violation detailed in Jeremiah 40:3, while the resulting desolation matches the violent haunts described in Psalms 74:20.
Why it lands — The text states plainly that God surrendered the people to Nebuchadnezzar after they repeatedly rejected His prophetic correction. It requires readers to acknowledge that persistent refusal to heed warning produces irreversible historical consequences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Cross-references
- Ezra 9:7 From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
- Psalms 74:20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
- Jeremiah 40:3 and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
- Ezekiel 9:5 And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
- Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Deuteronomy 29:18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- Deuteronomy 30:18 I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
- Deuteronomy 31:16 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.