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For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The LORD would not forgive this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and Yahweh was not willing to pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not pardon it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and caused many innocent people to die. The LORD would not forgive this. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />including the innocent blood he had shed. He had a lot of innocent people in Jerusalem killed, and the LORD refused to forgive him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and also the innocent blood that he has shed, and he fills Jerusalem with innocent blood, and YHWH was not willing to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also the innocent blood which he poured forth, (and he will fill Jerusalem with innocent blood) and Jehovah would not pardon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent blood: and therefore the Lord would not be appeased. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and especially because of the innocent blood he shed; he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to pardon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also the innocent blood that he shed; and innocent blood filled Jerusalem, and LORD JEHOVAH was unwilling to forgive.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/24-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=8411" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/24.htm">Babylon Controls Jehoiakim</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and also for</a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: han·nā·qî (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">the innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dam- (N-msc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: šā·p̄āḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">he had shed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: way·mal·lê (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">For he had filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: nā·qî (Adj-ms) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">with innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dām (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">blood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">and the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/14.htm" title="14: ’ā·ḇāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be willing, to consent. A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to be acquiescent.">was unwilling</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5545.htm" title="5545: lis·lō·aḥ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To forgive, pardon. A primitive root; to forgive.">to forgive.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6</a></span><br />if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4</a></span><br />because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:17</a></span><br />“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Ezekiel 7:23</a></span><br />Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Ezekiel 9:9</a></span><br />He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Lamentations 4:13</a></span><br />But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a></span><br />“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33</a></span><br />Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-10.htm">Deuteronomy 19:10</a></span><br />Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></span><br />When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34</a></span><br />Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.</p><p class="hdg">for the innocent.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a></b></br> Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing <i>that which was</i> evil in the sight of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33</a></b></br> So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye <i>are</i>: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/19-10.htm">Deuteronomy 19:10</a></b></br> That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee <i>for</i> an inheritance, and <i>so</i> blood be upon thee.</p><p class="hdg">he filled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a></b></br> And shed innocent blood, <i>even</i> the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.</p><p class="hdg">which.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1,2</a></b></br> Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, <i>yet</i> my mind <i>could</i> not <i>be</i> toward this people: cast <i>them</i> out of my sight, and let them go forth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-42.htm">Lamentations 3:42</a></b></br> We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Ezekiel 33:25</a></b></br> Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-34.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-14.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-14.htm">Filleth</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm">Including</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-36.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">Pardon</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-25.htm">Shedding</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-9.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-19.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/11-1.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-7.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/job/8-21.htm">Filleth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-13.htm">Full</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-27.htm">Including</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-23.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-8.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">Pardon</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-8.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/job/15-33.htm">Shedding</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-13.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-19.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-1.htm">Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">procures his own ruin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-5.htm">Jehoiachin succeeds him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-7.htm">The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-8.htm">Jehoiachin's evil reign.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-10.htm">Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/24-17.htm">Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter destruction of Judah.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The shedding of innocent blood is a grave sin in the biblical context, as it violates the sanctity of life, which is a gift from God. This act is condemned throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/genesis/9-6.htm">Genesis 9:6</a>, where God establishes the principle of justice for murder. The innocent blood here symbolizes the extreme moral corruption and apostasy of Judah under Manasseh's reign, which ultimately led to divine judgment.<p><b>For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,</b><br>The phrase emphasizes the extent of the violence and injustice that permeated Jerusalem. The city, meant to be a holy place where God's presence dwelt in the temple, had become a place of rampant sin and bloodshed. This filling of Jerusalem with innocent blood signifies a complete moral decay and a society that has turned away from God's commandments. The historical context shows that such actions were not isolated incidents but part of a broader pattern of rebellion against God. This mirrors the warnings given by prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah, who called out the leaders and people of Judah for their sins and warned of impending judgment.<p><b>and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.</b><br>This phrase highlights the severity of Judah's sin and the point at which God's patience had been exhausted. Theologically, it underscores the concept of divine justice and the limits of God's forbearance. While God is merciful and forgiving, persistent and unrepentant sin can lead to a point where judgment becomes inevitable. This is consistent with the warnings given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's obedience or disobedience. The unwillingness to forgive here is not due to a lack of mercy on God's part but rather the people's refusal to repent and turn back to Him. This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and the importance of repentance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehoiakim.htm">Jehoiakim</a></b><br>The king of Judah during this period, known for his evil practices and disobedience to God, which included shedding innocent blood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, which became filled with innocent blood due to the actions of its leaders and people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who is depicted as just and unwilling to forgive the shedding of innocent blood without repentance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/innocent_blood.htm">Innocent Blood</a></b><br>Refers to the unjust killing of those who were not guilty of any crime, a grave sin in the eyes of God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_invasion.htm">Babylonian Invasion</a></b><br>The context of this verse is the impending judgment and invasion by Babylon as a consequence of Judah's sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_life.htm">The Sanctity of Life</a></b><br>The shedding of innocent blood is a grave sin that God takes seriously. We must uphold the sanctity of life in our actions and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's unwillingness to forgive without repentance highlights His justice. We must seek to live justly and repent of our wrongdoings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The actions of leaders and individuals can lead to national consequences. We must pray for and encourage righteous leadership.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_forgiveness.htm">Repentance and Forgiveness</a></b><br>While God is just, He is also merciful to those who truly repent. We should seek His forgiveness and turn from our sins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_for_our_nation.htm">Intercession for Our Nation</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to intercede for our nation, asking God to forgive our collective sins and heal our land.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_jehoiakim.htm">Who was King Jehoiakim in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_david_justify_punishing_killers.htm">2 Samuel 4:8-11 - How can David both punish the men for killing Ishbosheth and still claim God's hand in his rise to power without contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_long_did_he_rule_jerusalem.htm">How long did he rule over Jerusalem? Three months (2 Kings 24:8) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_david's_quick_forgiveness_realistic.htm">In 2 Samuel 12:13, David's quick confession leads to forgiveness, but is the swift absolution realistic given the gravity of adultery and murder?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">The innocent blood.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">blood of the innocent</span>; an expression like <span class= "ital">hand of the right, i.e.</span>, the right hand; or, <span class= "ital">day of the sixth, i.e.</span>, the sixth day. Thenius thinks the murder of some prominent personage, such as Isaiah, may be intended, and wishes to distinguish between the statement of the first clause of the verse and the second; but <a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm" title="Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.">2Kings 21:16</a>, where the two statements are connected more closely, does not favour this view.<p><span class= "bld">Which the Lord would not pardon.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">and Jehovah willed not to pardon</span>. We must not soften the statement of <a href="/context/2_kings/24-3.htm" title="Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;">2Kings 24:3-4</a>, as Bahr does, by asserting the meaning to be that the nation was punished, not for the sins of Manasseh, but for its persistence in the same kind of sins. The sins of Manasseh are regarded as a climax in Judah's long course of provocation: the cup was full, and judgment ready to fall. It was only suspended for a time, not revoked, in the reign of the good king Josiah. In short, the idea of the writer is that the innocent blood shed by Manasseh cried to heaven for vengeance, and that the ruin of the kingdom was the answer of the All righteous Judge. It is no objection to say, that in that case children suffered for their fathers' misdeeds; that was precisely the Old Testament doctrine, until Ezekiel proclaimed another (<a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm" title="Yet say you, Why? does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.">Ezekiel 18:19</a>; comp. <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm" title="You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;">Exodus 20:5</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm" title="You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,">Deuteronomy 5:9</a>). Looking at the catastrophe from a different standpoint, <span class= "ital">we</span> may remember that national iniquities must be chastised in the present life, if at all; and that the sufferings of the exile were necessary for the purification of Israel from its inveterate tendency to apostatise from Jehovah. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And also for the innocent blood that he shed</span> (comp. <a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a>, and the comment <span class="accented">ad loc</span>.). Like the other "sins of Manasseh," the shedding of innocent blood continued, both in the Moloch offerings (<a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a>) and in the persecution of the righteous (<a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6, 9</a>, etc.). Urijah was actually put to death by Jehoiakim (<a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Jeremiah 26:23</a>); Jeremiah narrowly escaped. <span class="cmt_word">For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.</span> Blood "cries to God from the ground" on which it falls (<a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Genesis 4:11</a>), and is "required" at the hands of the bloodshedder (<a href="/genesis/9-5.htm">Genesis 9:5</a>) unfailingly. Especially is the blood of saints slain for their religion avenged and exacted by the Most High (see <a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a>; <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a>; <a href="/revelation/16-6.htm">Revelation 16:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a>, etc.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/24-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and also for</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the innocent</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּקִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, free from, exempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blood</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּֽם־</span> <span class="translit">(dam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he had shed.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁפָ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·p̄āḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For he had filled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְמַלֵּ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·mal·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with innocent</span><br /><span class="heb">נָקִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(nā·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, free from, exempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blood,</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was unwilling</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_14.htm">Strong's 14: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe after, to be acquiescent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to forgive.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִסְלֹֽחַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lis·lō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5545.htm">Strong's 5545: </a> </span><span class="str2">To forgive, pardon</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/24-4.htm">2 Kings 24:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/24-4.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/24-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 24:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 24:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/24-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 24:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 24:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>