2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations,—and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

In Context

13Moreover also—against King Nebuchadnezzar, he rebelled, who had made him swear by God,-and he stiffened his neck, and emboldened his heart, from turning unto Yahweh, God of Israel.

15And, though Yahweh God of their fathers sent unto them through his messengers, zealously sending them,—because he had compassion upon his people and upon his habitation,

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:30My sabbaths, shall ye observe, And my sanctuary, shall ye revere,—I, am Yahweh.

2 Kings 16:10So then King Ahaz went to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, in Damascus, and saw the altar which was in Damascus,—and King Ahaz, sent unto Urijah the priest, a likeness of the altar, and a model thereof, according to all the workmanship thereof;

2 Chronicles 33:4and built altars in the house of Yahweh,—as to which Yahweh had said, In Jerusalem, shall be my Name, unto times age-abiding.

Ezra 9:7Since the days of our fathers, we, have been in great guilt, until this day,—and, for our iniquities, have we been given up—we, our kings, our priests,—into the hand of the kings of the lands, by sword and by captivity and by spoiling and by a turning pale of face, as at this day.

Jeremiah 5:6For this cause, hath the lion out of the forest smitten them, The wolf of the waste plains, preyeth upon them, The leopard, is keeping watch over their cities, Every one that goeth out from thence, is torn in pieces,—For they have multiplied their transgressions, Numerous are their apostasies.

Jeremiah 32:35And have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of Ben-hinnom, To cause their sons and their daughters to pass through unto Molech, Which I commanded them not Neither came it up on my heart, That they should do this horrible thing,—Causing, Judah, to sin!

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:12-22

11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord . 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much… Read the whole commentary →

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