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2 Chronicles 36:17 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 36 · verse 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 context
15And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
16But 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.
17Therefore 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.
18And 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.
19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- compassionchâmalto commiserateH2550 →
- sanctuarymiqdâsha consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylumH4720 →
- ChaldeesKasdîya Kasdite, or descendant of KesedH3778 →
- broughtʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- maidenbᵉthûwlâha virginH1330 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
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We have here an account of the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. Abraham, God's friend, was called out of that country, from Ur of the Chaldees, when God took him into covenant and communion with himself;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-21