2 Kings 24:4

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

2 Kings 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 24:4

And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood
See ( 2 Kings 21:16 ) which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; see ( Jeremiah 26:21-24 ) ,

which the Lord would not pardon;
he pardoned the sins of Manasseh, who repented, but not the sins of those persons who imitated him, but repented not; or though he personally pardoned the sins of Manasseh, so that he was saved everlastingly, yet the temporal punishment of the nation for those sins, in which they were involved with him, was not averted.

2 Kings 24:4 In-Context

2 and Jehovah sendeth against him the troops of the Chaldeans, and the troops of Aram, and the troops of Moab, and the troops of the sons of Ammon, and He sendeth them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servants the prophets;

3 only, by the command of Jehovah it hath been against Judah to turn [them] aside from His presence, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,

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

5 And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

6 And Jehoiakim lieth with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigneth in his stead.