2 KINGS 24:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, 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 the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.”
The LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Arameans, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites; he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken by his servants the prophets — the formula 'The LORD sent against him' (וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוָה עָלָיו, *way-yishlach YHWH alav*) attributes even the Babylonian conquest to divine agency. The coordinated assault by Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite bands (perhaps vassals of Babylon or regional allies) represents the judgment promised through prophets. The phrase 'according to the word of the LORD... that he had spoken by his servants the prophets' indicates that the exile is not merely military conquest but fulfillment of prophetic judgment.
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