2 Chronicles 36:19 “Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wal…”

2 Chronicles 36:19

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And 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.

World English Bible

They burned God’s house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.

American Standard Version

And 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof, to destroy all.

Darby Translation

And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction.

Young's Literal Translation

And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels — to destruction.

Bible in Basic English

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

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Cross references

“they burnt”

Psalm 79:1 Psalm 74:4–8 Psalm 79:7 Jeremiah 7:4 Jeremiah 7:14 Lamentations 4:1

Psalm 79:1 · BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Psalm 74:4–8 · BSB

Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

Psalm 79:7 · BSB

for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

Jeremiah 7:4 · BSB

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

Jeremiah 7:14 · BSB

therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

Lamentations 4:1 · BSB

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

“brake down”

2 Kings 25:10 2 Kings 25:11 Jeremiah 52:14 Jeremiah 52:15

2 Kings 25:10 · BSB

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:11 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 52:14 · BSB

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:15 · BSB

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

Also

1 Kings 9:8

1 Kings 9:8 · BSB

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.

20Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

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