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2 Kings 24:4

Jerusalem

2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

3 Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

5 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

6 And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

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BSB
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
KJV
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
WEB
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.
ASV
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
DARBY
and also [because of] the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.
BLB
and also of the innocent blood that he poured out. And he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and YHWH was not willing to forgive.
ÅB
også for det uskyldige blods skyld som han hadde utøst, så han fylte Jerusalem med uskyldig blod; og Herren ville ikke tilgi.
OTB
og også for det uskyldige blod som han hadde utøst, for han fylte Jerusalem med uskyldig blod; og Herren ville ikke tilgi.
B1930
også for det uskyldige blods skyld som han hadde utøst, så han fylte Jerusalem med uskyldig blod; og Herren vilde ikke tilgi.

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  • 2 Kings 21:16

    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 19:10

    Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

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  • Jeremiah 2:34

    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

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  • Numbers 35:33

    Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

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  • Psalms 106:38

    They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

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  • Jeremiah 15:1–2

    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

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  • Ezekiel 33:25

    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

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