2 Kings 24:4

4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

2 Kings 24:4 in Other Translations

4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

4 and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

4 who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The LORD would not forgive this.

4 who made the Jerusalem streets flow with the innocent blood of his victims. God wasn't about to overlook such crimes.

4 and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

2 Kings 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 24:4

And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood
See ( 2 Kings 21:16 ) which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; see ( Jeremiah 26:21-24 ) ,

which the Lord would not pardon;
he pardoned the sins of Manasseh, who repented, but not the sins of those persons who imitated him, but repented not; or though he personally pardoned the sins of Manasseh, so that he was saved everlastingly, yet the temporal punishment of the nation for those sins, in which they were involved with him, was not averted.

2 Kings 24:4 In-Context

2 The LORD sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the LORD proclaimed by his servants the prophets.

3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the LORD’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done,

4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

5 As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

6 Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 21:16; Jeremiah 22:3
• 2. S Exodus 23:21; Lamentations 3:42