King James Version
2 Kings 24:4 in the King James Version says “And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pard...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.”
2 Kings 24:4 · KJV
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. by: Heb. by the hand of
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;
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that he shed”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
“for he filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“which the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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