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. Berean Literal Bible And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity upon this. 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. Berean Annotated Bible For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. 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. 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleFor behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. 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. Berean Literal Bible And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity upon 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 (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) 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 For behold, Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, Deuteronomy 28:45 All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you. this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, Lamentations 2:21 Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion. 2 Chronicles 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, Leviticus 26:25 And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. 2 Chronicles 28:8 Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria. Deuteronomy 28:41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity. Deuteronomy 28:32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand. 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.” 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, Judah’s crisis was plain to see and demanded honest recognition. The nation’s losses were not accidental but the result of persistent unfaithfulness to the Lord. Deu 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God… this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, Earlier generations had suffered military defeat as God’s judgment for abandoning His commandments and turning to idolatry. Their history showed the consequences of covenant rebellion. Lam 2:21 Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets.… and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity. Defeat had brought the ruin of families as survivors were carried away or placed under foreign control. The suffering of women and children revealed that the nation’s sin had affected the whole community and its future. 2Ch 28:8 Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen… Persons / Places / Events 1. HezekiahThe king of Judah who initiated religious reforms to restore proper worship in the temple and lead the people back to God. 2. Judah The southern kingdom of Israel, where Hezekiah reigned and sought to bring spiritual renewal. 3. Captivity The state of being taken captive, which in this context refers to the consequences of the people's disobedience to God. 4. Fathers The ancestors of the people of Judah, who had turned away from God, leading to their downfall. 5. Sword Represents the judgment and destruction that came upon the people due to their unfaithfulness. Teaching Points Consequences of DisobedienceThe verse highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God, reminding us of the importance of faithfulness and obedience to His commands. The Importance of Spiritual Leadership Hezekiah's role as a reformer underscores the impact that godly leadership can have in guiding a community back to righteousness. Repentance and Restoration The captivity of the people serves as a call to repentance, illustrating that turning back to God can lead to spiritual and physical restoration. Generational Impact of Sin The mention of sons, daughters, and wives in captivity emphasizes how the sins of one generation can affect the next, urging us to consider the legacy we leave behind. Hope in God's Mercy Despite the dire situation, Hezekiah's reforms show that there is always hope for renewal and redemption when we seek God with sincere hearts. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:9?2. How does 2 Chronicles 29:9 highlight the consequences of turning from God? 3. What lessons can we learn from the fathers' actions in 2 Chronicles 29:9? 4. How does this verse connect with Deuteronomy 28's blessings and curses? 5. How can we ensure our actions align with God's will to avoid consequences? 6. What steps can we take to restore faithfulness in our community today? 7. How does 2 Chronicles 29:9 reflect God's judgment on Israel's disobedience? 8. What historical events led to the situation described in 2 Chronicles 29:9? 9. How does 2 Chronicles 29:9 demonstrate the consequences of turning away from God? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 29? (9) For.--And. (See 2Chronicles 28:5-6; 2Chronicles 28:8; 2Chronicles 28:17 for what is here stated.)Verse 9. - (See 2 Chronicles 28:5, 8, 17.) 2 Chronicles 29:9 is Hezekiah’s blunt diagnosis: national defeat and family captivity are the direct, covenant-promised result of turning away from the LORD. The verse calls God’s people to face the painful evidence, admit sin’s high price, and return to wholehearted obedience, confident that the same faithful God who judged will also redeem when they repent. 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 Additonal Resources 2 Chronicles 29:9 Blue Letter Bible2 Chronicles 29:9 Bible Gateway 2 Chronicles 29:9 Bible.com 2 Chronicles 29:9 NIV |
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