2 Chronicles 36:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַֽיְנַתְּצ֔וּ אֵ֖ת חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְכָל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וְכָל־כְּלֵ֥י מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָ לְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayyiśrĕpû ʾet-bêt the-ʾĕlōhîm and waynatṣû ʾēt ḥômat yərûšālāim and-all-her-ʾarmĕnôtehā śārĕpû with-the-ʾēš and-all-kəlê her-maḥămaddehā to-hašḥît

Grammar Details

• *wayyiśrĕpû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they burned
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct noun - house of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the God
• *waynatṣû*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they broke down
• *ḥômat*: feminine singular construct noun - wall of
• *yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *ʾarmĕnôtehā*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her palaces
• *śārĕpû*: Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they burned
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article and preposition - with the fire
• *kəlê*: masculine plural construct noun - vessels of
• *maḥămaddehā*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her desirable things
• *hašḥît*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy

Word Meanings

• *waynatṣû*: they broke down/they tore down/they demolished
• *ʾarmĕnôtehā*: her palaces/her citadels/her fortresses
• *maḥămaddehā*: her desirable things/her precious articles/her valuable objects

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they burnt{H8313} the house{H1004} of God,{H430} and brake down{H5422} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and burnt{H8313} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire,{H784} and destroyed{H7843} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and brake down{H5422}{(H8762)} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire{H784}, and destroyed{H7843}{(H8687)} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they brent the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusale, and all the palaces therof brent they with fyre, so that all the costly ornamentes of it were destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof, to destroy all.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wal of Hierusalem, and burnt all the pallaices thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly iewels therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They burned down the God’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 79:1 : 1 O God, the heathen have entered into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
• Ps 79:7 : 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
• Isa 64:10-11 : 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Jer 7:4 : 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
• Jer 7:14 : 14 Therefore I will do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
• Jer 52:13-15 : 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, he burned with fire: 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest people, and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who had defected, to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
• Lam 4:1 : 1 How has the gold become dim! How is the finest gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street.
• Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Luke 21:6 : 6 As for these things which you behold, the days will come when there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
• 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?
• 2 Kgs 25:9-9 : 9 And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house he burned with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around. 11 Then the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters who fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away.
• Ps 74:4-8 : 4 Your enemies roar in the midst of Your congregations; they set up their banners for signs. 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers. 7 They have cast fire into Your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of Your name to the ground. 8 They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them together": they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.