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2 Kings 24:20
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author records the final collapse of Judah’s monarchy, noting that Jerusalem and Judah were exiled from God’s presence and that King Zedekiah defied Babylonian authority.
The words — The Hebrew phrase עַל־ אַף יְהוָה (‘al- ‘af Yahweh) literally renders “on the anger of Yahweh,” marking the stated cause for the historical events described.
The thread — This causal link between divine anger and national exile appears in 2 Chronicles 36:13, which pairs Zedekiah’s rebellion with the same judgment, while the motif of rebellion against established authority resurfaces in Exodus 9:14.
Why it lands — The text states that historical destruction followed persistent defiance, requiring the reader to recognize that sustained rebellion against divine and earthly order produces irreversible consequences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
- Deuteronomy 29:27 Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.
- 2 Kings 22:17 because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
- Isaiah 19:11 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Jeremiah 27:12 And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
- Jeremiah 38:17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
- Ezekiel 17:15 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’