For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 29:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 28:17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5-8 Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter. For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king. The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also took away much plunder from them, and brought the plunder to Samaria.
- Leviticus 26:17 I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned, and are no more. We have borne their iniquities.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by…
2Ch 29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity for this.
Ver. 9. For, lo, our fathers have fallen.] 2Ch 28:5-6.
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For this,] i.e., For sin, that mother of all misery.
It is in my heart.] Or, With my heart. God put it there doubtless; for the heart of the best is naturally as barren of any good as they report the isle of Patmos is, where nothing will grow but on earth brought from other places. It is with holy resolutions, saith one, as with exotic noble plants: this country is not so kindly for them, being but a step-mother to them, therefore they must be much watered and cherished.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or were, though they were presently released, 2Ch 28:5,14,15.
Or were, though they were presently released, 2Ch 28:5,14,15.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now it is in mine heart to make a…
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel,.... To renew one, as Asa and Jehoiada had done, promising to serve the Lord, and worship him according to his will:
that his fierce wrath might be turned from us; under the tokens of which they still continued, and might expect it to break forth in other instances, unless a reformation was made.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Captivity - Tho' they were presently released, chap. xxviii,…
Captivity - Tho' they were presently released, chap. xxviii, 5, 14, 15.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Wives. C. xxviii. 8. C. --- So had the…
Wives. C. xxviii. 8. C. --- So had the wives and family of king Joram been treated, C. xxi. H.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) For.—And. (See 2Ch_28:5-6; 2Ch_28:8; 2Ch_28:17 for what is…
(9) For.—And. (See 2Ch_28:5-6; 2Ch_28:8; 2Ch_28:17 for what is here stated.)
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain (see 2Ch_28:5, 2Ch_28:8, 2Ch_28:17)
(see 2Ch_28:5, 2Ch_28:8, 2Ch_28:17)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.