2 Chronicles 36 · Verse 17

2 Chronicles 36:17

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.
2 Chronicles 36:17, King James Version

2 Chronicles 36:17 in other translations

BSBSo 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,
WEBTherefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm. He gave them all into his hand.
ASVTherefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
YLTAnd He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged--the whole He hath given into his hand.
DARBYAnd he brought up against them the king of the Chaldees, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and spared not young man nor maiden, old man nor him of hoary head: he gave them all into his hand.
BBESo he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.
WebsterTherefore 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 36:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:1-21

The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we value the comfort and continuance of our earthly blessings, let us keep that worm from the root of them. They had many…

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2 Chronicles 36:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּ֨עַלvai.Ya.'aland he brought upH5927
עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
כַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.di.yim[the] ChaldeansH3778
וַיַּהֲרֹ֨גvai.ya.ha.Rogand he killedH2026
בַּחוּרֵיהֶ֤םba.chu.rei.Hemyoung men theirH970
בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ba.Che.revwith the swordH2719
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004
מִקְדָּשָׁ֔םmik.da.Shamsanctuary theirH4720
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
חָמַ֛לcha.Malhe had compassionH2550
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בָּח֥וּרba.Churyoung manH970
וּבְתוּלָ֖הu.ve.tu.Lahand young womanH1330
זָקֵ֣ןza.Ken[the] oldH2205
וְיָשֵׁ֑שׁve.ya.Sheshand [the] decrepitH3486
הַכֹּ֖לha.Kol<the> everyoneH3605
נָתַ֥ןna.Tanhe gaveH5414
בְּיָדֽוֹ\׃be.ya.Doin hand hisH3027

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 36:17

  • 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.

  • Psalms 74:20

    Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

  • Ezekiel 9:5-7

    And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

  • Jeremiah 40:3

    Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

  • Daniel 9:14

    Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15-28

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. …

  • Deuteronomy 29:18-28

    Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: …

  • Leviticus 26:14-46

    But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. …

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Jeremiah 52:1-34

    Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. …

  • 2 Kings 25:1-30

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. …

  • 2 Kings 24:2-3

    And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 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;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he brought.
33:11; De 28:49; 2Ki 24:2,3; Ezr 9:7; Jer 15:8; 32:42; 40:3; Da 9:14
the king.
2Ki 25:1-30; Jer 39:1-18; 52:1-34
who slew.
Le 26:14-46; De 28:15-68; 29:18-28; 30:18; 31:16-18; 32:15-28
Ps 74:20; 79:2,3; Jer 15:9; 18:21; La 2:21,22
in the house.
24:21; La 2:20; Eze 9:5-7; Lu 13:1,2
no compassion.
De 28:50; Ps 74:20

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:17

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:18

    And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

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2 Chronicles 36:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por lo cual trajo contra ellos al rey de los Caldeos, que mató á cuchillo sus mancebos en la casa de su santuario, sin perdonar joven, ni doncella, ni viejo, ni decrépito; todos los entregó en sus manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il fit monter contre eux le roi des Chaldéens, et tua leurs jeunes hommes par l’épée dans la maison de leur sanctuaire; et il n’eut pas compassion du jeune homme, ni de la vierge, ni de l’ancien, ni du vieillard: il les livra tous entre ses mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ließ den König der Chaldäer wider sie heraufkommen, und der erschlug ihre Jünglinge mit dem Schwerte im Hause ihres Heiligtums: er schonte nicht des Jünglings und der Jungfrau, des Alten und des Greises: alle gab er in seine Hand.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Adduxit enim super eos regem Chaldæorum, et interfecit juvenes eorum gladio in domo sanctuarii sui: non est misertus adolescentis, et virginis, et senis, nec decrepiti quidem, sed omnes tradidit in manibus ejus.