2 Chronicles 34 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 34:6

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
2 Chronicles 34:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 34:6 in other translations

BSBJosiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
WEBHe did this in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.
ASVAnd so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
YLTand in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.
DARBYAnd so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about;
BBEAnd in all the towns of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali, he made waste their houses round about.
WebsterAnd so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their mattocks around.

What does 2 Chronicles 34:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. with their mattocks--or, "in their deserts"--so that the verse will stand thus: "And so did [namely, break the altars and burn the bones of priests] he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their deserted suburbs." The reader is apt to be surprised on finding that Josiah, whose hereditary possessions were confined to the kingdom of Judah, exercised as much authority among the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Simeon, and others as far as Naphtali, as he did within his own dominion. Therefore, it is necessary to observe that, after the destruction of Samaria by Shalmaneser, the remnant that continued on the mountains of Israel maintained a close intercourse with Judah, and looked to the sovereigns of that kingdom as their natural protectors. Those kings acquired great influence over them, which Josiah exercised in removing every vestige of idolatry from the land. He could not have done this without the acquiescence of the people in the propriety of this proceeding, conscious that this was conformable to their ancient laws and institutions. The Assyrian kings, who were now masters of the country, might have been displeased at the liberties Josiah took beyond his own territories. But either they were not informed of his doings, or they did not trouble themselves about his religious proceedings, relating, as they would think, to the god of the land, especially as he did not attempt to seize upon any place or to disturb the allegiance of the people [Calmet]. 2Ch 34:8-18. He Repairs the Temple.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The cities of Manasseh - Even those who were under the government of the Israelitish king permitted their idols and places of idolatry to be hewn down and destroyed: after the truth was declared and acknowledged, the spade and the axe were employed to complete the reformation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 34:6 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְעָרֵ֨יu.ve.'a.Reiand in [the] cities ofH5892
מְנַשֶּׁ֧הme.na.ShehManassehH4519
וְאֶפְרַ֛יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimand EphraimH669
וְשִׁמְע֖וֹןve.shim.'onand SimeonH8095
וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and toH5704
נַפְתָּלִ֑יnaf.ta.LiNaphtaliH5321
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בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖םbe.char.bo.tei.hemwith swords theirH2719
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 34:6

  • Isaiah 7:25

    And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  • 2 Kings 23:15-20

    Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth–el. And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. …

  • 2 Chronicles 30:10-11

    So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:1

    Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

  • 1 Samuel 13:20-21

    But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

  • Proverbs 25:18

    A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:1

    And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.

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in.
30:1,10,11; 31:1; 2Ki 23:15-20
mattocks. or, mauls.
1Sa 13:20,21; Pr 25:18; Isa 7:25

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 34:5

    And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:6

    And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:7

    And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles 34:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Lo mismo hizo en las ciudades de Manasés, Ephraim, y Simeón, hasta en Nephtalí, con sus lugares asolados alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et dans les villes de Manassé, et d’Éphraïm, et de Siméon, et jusqu’à Nephthali, dans leurs ruines, tout à l’entour,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und in den Städten von Manasse und Ephraim und Simeon, und bis nach Naphtali hin, in ihren Trümmern ringsum,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et in urbibus Manasse, et Ephraim, et Simeon, usque Nephthali, cuncta subvertit.