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2 Kings 24:4

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What does 2 Kings 24:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
2 Kings 24:4 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 24

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1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
3Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
7And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, etc.] (see <122116>2 Kings 21:16) which cruel usage of the prophets, and servants of the Lord, was still continued; (see <242621> 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.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“the Lord would not pardon--(see on Kg2 23:26; Jer 15:1).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“24:4 innocent blood: Tradition holds that Manasseh murdered the prophet Isaiah by sawing him in two (cp. Heb 11:37).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“for the innocent: Kg2 21:16; Num 35:33; Deu 19:10; Jer 2:34, Jer 19:4 he filled: Psa 106:38 which: Jer 15:1, Jer 15:2; Lam 3:42; Eze 33:25 4 Kings (2 Kings) 24:5”
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