2 Chronicles 29:9

9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.

2 Chronicles 29:9 in Other Translations

9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

9 For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

9 Because of this, our fathers have been killed in battle, and our sons and daughters and wives have been captured.

9 This is why our ancestors were killed, and this is why our wives and sons and daughters were taken prisoner and made slaves.

9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

9 Our fathers were killed in battle, and our sons, daughters, and wives are prisoners because of this.

9 Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.

9 That's why our people have been killed with swords. That's why our sons and daughters and wives have become prisoners.

2 Chronicles 29:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:9

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword
Of the kings of Syria and Israel, even great numbers of them, ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 2 Chronicles 28:6 ) and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this;
for this idolatry; or they were, though afterwards dismissed, ( 2 Chronicles 28:8 2 Chronicles 28:15 ) and some of them were still in captivity, perhaps such as were carried captive by the Edomites, ( 2 Chronicles 28:17 ) .

2 Chronicles 29:9 In-Context

7 They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

8 Therefore, the anger of the LORD has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.

10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.

11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.”

Cross References

• 1. 2Ch 28:5-8,17