2 Chronicles 24:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעַזְב֗וּ אֶת־בֵּ֤ית יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְאֶת־הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִי־קֶ֗צֶף עַל־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖ם זֹֽאת׃

Transliteration

And-yaʿazvu ʾet-beyt YHWH ʾElohey ʾavoteyhem and-yaʿavdu ʾet-the-ʾasherim and-ʾet-the-ʿatsabim and-yehi-qetsef upon-Yehudah and-Yerushalayim in-ʾashmatam this

Grammar Details

• *yaʿazvu*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they forsook
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *beyt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʾElohey*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *ʾavoteyhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their fathers
• *yaʿavdu*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they served
• *ʾasherim*: proper name, plural with definite article - the Asherim
• *ʿatsabim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the idols
• *yehi*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and there was
• *qetsef*: noun, masculine singular - wrath
• *Yehudah*: proper name - Judah
• *Yerushalayim*: proper name - Jerusalem
• *ʾashmatam*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their guilt

Word Meanings

• *yaʿazvu*: forsook/abandoned/left
• *ʾasherim*: Asherah poles/sacred poles/wooden cult objects
• *ʿatsabim*: idols/graven images
• *qetsef*: wrath/anger/indignation
• *ʾashmatam*: guilt/trespass/offense

Referenced Verses

• Josh 22:20 : 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
• 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
• 2 Chr 24:4 : 4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 28:13 : 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
• 2 Chr 29:8 : 8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
• 2 Chr 32:25 : 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
• 1 Kgs 14:23 : 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
• Exod 34:13 : 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
• 2 Chr 21:13 : 13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
• Judg 5:8 : 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
• 2 Sam 24:1 : 1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
• 1 Kgs 11:4-5 : 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
• 1 Kgs 14:9 : 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
• 2 Chr 33:3-7 : 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
• 2 Chr 36:14-16 : 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Hos 5:10-11 : 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
• Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
• Zeph 1:4-6 : 4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; 5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.