2 Kings 23 · Verse 27

2 Kings 23:27

And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
2 Kings 23:27, King James Version

2 Kings 23:27 in other translations

BSBFor the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
WEBThe LORD said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”
ASVAnd Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
YLTand Jehovah saith, ‘Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen--Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
BBEAnd the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have nothing more to do with this town, which I had made mine, even Jerusalem, and the holy house of which I said, My name will be there.
WebsterAnd the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

What does 2 Kings 23:27 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 23:25-30

Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable, and past finding out. The reforming king is cut off in the midst of his usefulness, in mercy to him, that he might not see the evil coming upon his kingdom: but in wrath to his people, for his death was an inlet to their…

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2 Kings 23:27 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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
אָסִיר֙'a.SirI will removeH5493
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פָּנַ֔יpa.Naiface myH6440
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
הֲסִרֹ֖תִיha.si.Ro.tiI removedH5493
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וּ֠מָאַסְתִּיU.ma.'as.tiand I will rejectH3988
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעִ֨ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֤אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ba.Char.tiI choseH977
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI saidH559
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
שְׁמִ֖יshe.Miname myH8034
שָֽׁם\׃ShamthereH8033

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Cross references for 2 Kings 23:27

  • 2 Kings 18:11

    And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

  • 2 Kings 21:13

    And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

  • 2 Kings 21:4

    And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

  • 2 Kings 17:18

    Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

  • Jeremiah 33:24

    Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

  • 2 Kings 17:20

    And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

  • 2 Kings 21:7

    And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • Lamentations 2:7

    The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • 1 Kings 8:29

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  • 1 Kings 9:3

    And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • Jeremiah 31:37

    Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 24:3

    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
I will remove.
17:18,20; 18:11; 21:13; 24:3; 25:11; De 29:27,28; Eze 23:32-35
out of my sight.
Ps 51:11; Jer 31:37; 33:24; La 2:7
My name.
21:4,7; 1Ki 8:29; 9:3

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Context

  • 2 Kings 23:26

    Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

  • 2 Kings 23:27

    And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

  • 2 Kings 23:28

    Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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2 Kings 23:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dijo Jehová: También he de quitar de mi presencia á Judá, como quité á Israel, y abominaré á esta ciudad que había escogido, á Jerusalem, y á la casa de la cual había yo dicho: Mi nombre será allí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ Éternel dit: J’ôterai aussi Juda de devant ma face comme j’ai ôté Israël; et je rejetterai cette ville de Jérusalem que j’ai choisie, et la maison de laquelle j’ai dit: Mon nom sera là.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehova sprach: Auch Juda will ich vor meinem Angesicht hinwegtun, wie ich Israel hinweggetan habe; und ich will diese Stadt verwerfen, die ich erwählt, Jerusalem, und das Haus, von dem ich gesagt habe: Mein Name soll daselbst sein!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixit itaque Dominus: Etiam Judam auferam a facie mea, sicut abstuli Israël: et projiciam civitatem hanc quam elegi Jerusalem, et domum de qua dixi: Erit nomen meum ibi.