2 Kings 24:4
What does 2 Kings 24:4 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 24:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent blood: and therefore the Lord would not be appeased.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and also [because of] the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.
Context
v.3Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
v.4This passage
v.5Now 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?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- Psalms 106:38
And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
- Jeremiah 15:1
Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Deuteronomy 19:10
that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
- 2 Kings 21:16
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.