What Does 2 Chronicles 32:21 Mean?

“sent”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“And the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“an angel”

a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

“which cut off”

to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the mighty men”

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

“of valour”

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

“and the leaders”

a commander (as occupying the front), civil, military or religious; generally (abstractly, plural), honorable themes

“and captains”

a head person (of any rank or class)

“in the camp”

an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e

“of the king”

a king

“of Assyria”

ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire

“So he returned”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“with shame”

shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol

“of face”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“to his own land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“And when he was come”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“into the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“of his god”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“they that came forth”

issue, i.e., offspring

“of his own bowels”

used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“slew”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“him there with the sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement