The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:9 Explained

2 Chronicles 29:9

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

YLT: And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives are in captivity for this.

Darby: And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 2 Chronicles 29:9 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 29:1-11 - A Revival Of Righteousness
It was a blessing for Judah that Ahaz left as successor a son who inherited none of his father's traits. Hezekiah ranks as one of the best kings that occupied the throne of David. This chapter is full of illustrative and interesting incident. In the first month of his reign, the young king began his work of reform by assembling to his help the priests and Levites, and bidding them make all possible speed to cleanse the Temple.
The clarion call of this exhortation rings yet and bids us cleanse the inner shrine of our heart from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. Let us hasten to open the doors, kindle the lamps, and burn incense in the inner prayer-chamber of the heart. And what is true for the individual applies equally to the national conscience. Religion is the safeguard of our prosperity; and they who secure a healthy religious sentiment contribute as much to the well-being of their fatherland as the statesmen and politicians of world-wide fame. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 29

1  Hezekiah's good reign
3  He restores religion
5  He exhorts the Levites
12  They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God
20  Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,
24  wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 29:9 mean?

For indeed have fallen our fathers by the sword and our sons and our daughters and our wives [are] in captivity because of this
וְהִנֵּ֛ה נָפְל֥וּ אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ בֶּחָ֑רֶב וּבָנֵ֨ינוּ וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּ וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּ בַּשְּׁבִ֖י עַל־ זֹֽאת

וְהִנֵּ֛ה  For  indeed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
נָפְל֥וּ  have  fallen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ  our  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בֶּחָ֑רֶב  by  the  sword 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
וּבָנֵ֨ינוּ  and  our  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּ  and  our  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּ  and  our  wives  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בַּשְּׁבִ֖י  in  captivity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבִי 
Sense: captivity, captives.
עַל־  because 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
זֹֽאת  of  this 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.

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