Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity. New Living Translation Because of this, our fathers have been killed in battle, and our sons and daughters and wives have been captured. English Standard Version For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Berean Standard Bible For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. King James Bible For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. New King James Version For indeed, because of this our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity. New American Standard Bible For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this. NASB 1995 “For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. NASB 1977 “For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Legacy Standard Bible And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Amplified Bible For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity because of this. Christian Standard Bible Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this. Holman Christian Standard Bible Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this. American Standard Version For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Contemporary English Version our ancestors killed in battle, but our own children and wives were taken captive. English Revised Version For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. GOD'S WORD® Translation Our fathers were killed in battle, and our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this. Good News Translation Our fathers were killed in battle, and our wives and children have been taken away as prisoners. International Standard Version Now look! Our ancestors have been killed with swords and our sons, daughters, and wives are being held captive because of all of this. Majority Standard Bible For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. NET Bible Look, our fathers died violently and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off because of this. New Heart English Bible For, look, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Webster's Bible Translation For lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. World English Bible For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this. Young's Literal Translation And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives are in captivity for this. Smith's Literal Translation And behold, our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives in captivity for this. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBehold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness. Catholic Public Domain Version Lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword. Our sons, and our daughters and wives have been led away as captives because of this wickedness. New American Bible For our ancestors fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives have been taken captive because of this. New Revised Standard Version Our fathers have fallen by the sword and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our women and our sons and our daughters are in captivity, now also we have strayed from going after LORD JEHOVAH our God, and we have forsaken the covenant that he gave to our fathers; also he has forsaken us!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. Brenton Septuagint Translation And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple…8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes. 9For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. 10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.… Cross References 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 18:11-12 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey. 2 Kings 24:14 He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained. 2 Kings 25:11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population. Nehemiah 1:3 And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” Nehemiah 9:36-37 So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves! / Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress. Isaiah 39:6-7 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” Jeremiah 7:34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.” Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. Jeremiah 29:18 I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them. Jeremiah 52:28-30 These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; / in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem; / in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away. Lamentations 1:3 Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress. Lamentations 5:2-3 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. / We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. Ezekiel 12:11-13 You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives. / And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land. / But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die. Daniel 1:1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Treasury of Scripture For, see, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. our fathers 2 Chronicles 28:5-8,17 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter… Leviticus 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Jump to Previous Captivity Daughters Death Fallen Fathers Prisoners Sword WivesJump to Next Captivity Daughters Death Fallen Fathers Prisoners Sword Wives2 Chronicles 29 1. Hezekiah's good reign.3. He restores religion 5. He exhorts the Levites 12. They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God 20. Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices, 24. wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests For behold The phrase "For behold" serves as a call to attention, urging the listener or reader to consider the gravity of the situation. In Hebrew, the word often translated as "behold" is "הִנֵּה" (hinneh), which is used to draw focus to an important statement or event. It is a divine imperative to pause and reflect on the consequences of past actions, emphasizing the urgency and seriousness of the message that follows. our fathers have fallen by the sword and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity for this Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For behold,וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! this זֹֽאת׃ (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, is why עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against our fathers אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father have fallen נָפְל֥וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie by the sword, בֶּחָ֑רֶב (be·ḥā·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword and our sons וּבָנֵ֨ינוּ (ū·ḇā·nê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1121: A son and daughters וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1323: A daughter and wives וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּ (wə·nā·šê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female are in captivity. בַּשְּׁבִ֖י (baš·šə·ḇî) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7628: Exiled, captured, exile, booty Links 2 Chronicles 29:9 NIV2 Chronicles 29:9 NLT 2 Chronicles 29:9 ESV 2 Chronicles 29:9 NASB 2 Chronicles 29:9 KJV 2 Chronicles 29:9 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 29:9 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 29:9 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 29:9 French Bible 2 Chronicles 29:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 29:9 For behold our fathers have fallen (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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