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


In Context

1 During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he changed his mind and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

2 The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him. He sent them 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 fathers. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

2nd Kings 24:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:4And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent blood: and therefore the Lord would not be appeased.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:4and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.