2 Kings 24:2-4
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2 The Lord sent robbers against Jehoiakim from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon. He sent them to destroy Judah. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servants the prophets. 3 These things happened to Judah in keeping with what the Lord had commanded. He brought enemies against his people in order to remove them from his land. He removed them because of all the sins Manasseh had committed. 4 Manasseh had spilled the blood of many people who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. In fact, he spilled so much of their blood that he filled Jerusalem with it. So the Lord refused to forgive him.
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2 Kings 24:2-4
New International Version
2 The Lord sent Babylonian,[a](A) Aramean,(B) Moabite and Ammonite raiders(C) against him to destroy(D) Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.(E) 3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,(F) in order to remove them from his presence(G) because of the sins of Manasseh(H) and all he had done, 4 including the shedding of innocent blood.(I) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.(J)
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- 2 Kings 24:2 Or Chaldean
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