Bible Strands
2 Kings 24:3
Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator explains the cause of Judah’s destruction by foreign raiders, attributing the event to the LORD’s direct command during the reign of Jehoiakim.
The words — אַ֣ךְ ('akh) translates literally as "surely," and לְ/הָסִ֖יר (le./ha.Sir) means "to remove [it]."
The thread — This divine judgment motif continues in 2 Kings 23:26, where God refuses to turn away from His anger against Judah, and in 2 Kings 21:2, which records Manasseh’s adoption of the abominations of the nations.
Why it lands — The text states that Judah’s removal from God’s presence is a direct consequence of Manasseh’s specific sins and shed blood, establishing that historical defeat follows divine command rather than chance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 18:25 So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
- 2 Kings 23:26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
- 2 Kings 21:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Genesis 50:20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Leviticus 26:33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
- Deuteronomy 29:28 The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
- Joshua 23:15 But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.