2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 29:6

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.
2 Chronicles 29:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:6 in other translations

BSBFor our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
WEBFor our fathers were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in the LORD our God’s sight, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
ASVFor our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
YLTfor our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah, and give the neck.
DARBYFor our fathers have transgressed, and done evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and have turned their backs.
BBEFor our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.
WebsterFor our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

What does 2 Chronicles 29:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 29:6-7
6-7. our fathers have trespassed--Ahaz and the generation contemporary with him were specially meant, for they "turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord," and whether or not they turned east to the rising sun, they abandoned the worship of God. They "shut up the doors of the porch," so that the sacred ritual was entirely discontinued.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:1-19

When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it will prosper accordingly. Those that turn their backs upon God's ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. There are still such neglects, if the word be not duly read and opened, for that was signified by the lighting the lamps, and also if prayers and praise be not…

Read the full comment on 2 Chronicles 29:1-19 →

2 Chronicles 29:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
מָעֲל֣וּma.'a.Luthey acted unfaithfullyH4603
אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nufathers ourH1
וְעָשׂ֥וּve.'a.Suand they didH6213
הָרַ֛עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָֽה\־Yah.weh-YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430
וַיַּֽעַזְבֻ֑הוּvai.ya.'az.Vu.huand they forsook himH5800
וַיַּסֵּ֧בּוּvai.yas.Se.buand they turnedH5437
פְנֵיהֶ֛םfe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440
מִמִּשְׁכַּ֥ןmi.mish.Kanaway from [the] tabernacle ofH4908
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּתְּנוּ\־vai.yi.te.nu-and they gaveH5414
עֹֽרֶף\׃'O.refa backH6203

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:6

  • Ezekiel 8:16

    And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

  • Jeremiah 2:27

    Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

  • Nehemiah 9:32

    Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

  • Lamentations 5:7

    Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:2-4

    For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:21

    Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.

  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

  • Ezra 9:7

    Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

  • Matthew 23:30-32

    And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  • Jeremiah 44:21

    The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind?

  • 2 Chronicles 28:23-25

    For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For our fathers.
28:2-4,23-25; 34:21; Ezr 5:12; 9:7; Ne 9:16,32; Jer 16:19; 44:21
La 5:7; Da 9:16; Mt 10:37; 23:30-32
have forsaken him.
Jer 2:13,17
turned away.
Jer 2:27; Eze 8:16
turned their backs. Heb. given the neck.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:5

    And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:6

    For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:7

    Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 29:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque nuestros padres se han rebelado, y han hecho lo malo en ojos de Jehová nuestro Dios; que le dejaron, y apartaron sus ojos del tabernáculo de Jehová, y le volvieron las espaldas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car nos pères ont été infidèles, et ont fait ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, notre Dieu, et l’ont abandonné, et ont détourné leurs faces de la demeure de l’ Éternel, et lui ont tourné le dos.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn unsere Väter haben treulos gehandelt und getan, was böse ist in den Augen Jehovas, unseres Gottes, und haben ihn verlassen; und sie haben ihr Angesicht von der Wohnung Jehovas abgewandt und ihr den Rücken zugekehrt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Peccaverunt patres nostri, et fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri, derelinquentes eum: averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini, et præbuerunt dorsum.