2 Chronicles 24:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and started worshiping the Asherah poles and idols. As a result, God's wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they forsook{H5800} the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} and served{H5647} the Asherim{H842} and the idols:{H6091} and wrath{H7110} came upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} for this their guiltiness.{H819}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they left{H5800}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} groves{H842} and idols{H6091}: and wrath{H7110} came upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} for this their trespass{H819}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And they forsoke the house of the LORDE God of their fathers, and serued ye groues and ymages. Then came ye wrath of the LORDE vpo Iuda and Ierusalem because of this trespace of theirs.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: & wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so they left the house of the Lorde God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles, and then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda and Hierusalem for this their trespaces sake.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They abandoned the temple of the LORD God of their ancestors, and worshiped the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.

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, Should you help the wicked and love those that hate the LORD? Therefore, wrath is upon you 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 to them, You shall not bring the captives here, for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, you 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 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.
  • 2 Chr 32:25 : 25 But Hezekiah did not repay the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud, therefore wrath was upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 14:23 : 23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
  • Exod 34:13 : 13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images.
  • 2 Chr 21:13 : 13 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into idolatry as the house of Ahab did, and have also killed your brothers, who were better than you,
  • 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 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 have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone and made for yourself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:
  • 2 Chr 33:3-7 : 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he erected altars for Baal, made groves, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD, where the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.' 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, used enchantments, used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with wizards; he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a carved image, the idol he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.'
  • 2 Chr 36:14-16 : 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem. 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending them, 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, until there was no remedy.
  • Hos 5:10-11 : 10 The princes of Judah were like those who remove a boundary: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly followed the commandment.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be to 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 My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests; 5 And those that worship the host of heaven on the rooftops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and also swear by Milcom; 6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 17:15-19
    5 verses
    80%

    15 They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; they followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves, and went after the nations that were around them, although the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

    16 They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17 They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

    18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from his sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

    19 Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

  • Judg 2:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, the gods of the people that were around them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

    13 And they forsook the LORD and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    78%

    22 And they will answer, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity upon them.

  • 2 Kgs 17:10-12
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    78%

    10 They set up images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

    11 There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations had done whom the LORD carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger.

    12 For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

  • 2 Chr 29:6
    78%

    6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and turned away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs.

  • Jer 22:9
    77%

    9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

  • 1 Kgs 9:9
    77%

    9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.

  • Jer 44:3
    77%

    3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they did not know, neither you nor your fathers.

  • Jer 1:16
    77%

    16 And I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

  • 2 Kgs 22:17
    76%

    17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

  • 2 Chr 34:25
    76%

    25 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

  • Jer 11:10
    76%

    10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 14:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

    23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

  • Judg 3:7
    76%

    7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

  • Ezek 20:24
    76%

    24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

  • Jer 16:11
    76%

    11 Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.

  • 1 Chr 5:25
    75%

    25 But they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

  • Deut 29:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

    26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them:

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    75%

    19 Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

  • 2 Chr 28:25
    75%

    25 And in every city of Judah, he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

  • 2 Chr 24:17
    75%

    17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.

  • 2 Kgs 13:6
    75%

    6 Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked in them, and the Asherah pole also remained in Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 36:14
    75%

    14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 17:2
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    2 While their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

  • 2 Chr 24:7
    74%

    7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

  • Ezek 23:39
    74%

    39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house.

  • 2 Kgs 23:6
    74%

    6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.

  • Judg 2:17
    74%

    17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they went whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they quickly turned out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.

  • 2 Kgs 17:22
    74%

    22 The children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them,

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    73%

    8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • Jer 19:13
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    13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.

  • Josh 23:16
    73%

    16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.

  • Ezek 23:37
    73%

    37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire, to devour them.

  • 2 Chr 11:14
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    14 For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD.

  • Ezek 20:16
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    16 Because they despised my judgments, and did not walk in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

  • 2 Kgs 17:33
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    33 They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19 But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Jer 32:32
    73%

    32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 36:19
    72%

    19 And they burned the house of God, and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

  • Jer 19:4
    72%

    4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

  • Lam 4:16
    72%

    16 The anger of the LORD has scattered them; he will no longer regard them; they showed no respect to the priests, nor favored the elders.