KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Chronicles 36:13
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
WEB World English Bible
He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 36
10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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 after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
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וְ֠גַםH1571 · gamalsoבַּמֶּ֤לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingנְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙H5019 · ne.vu.khad.nets.tsarNebuchadnezzarמָרָ֔דH4775 · ma.radto rebelאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהִשְׁבִּיע֖וֹH7650 · sha.vato swearבֵּֽאלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוַיֶּ֤קֶשׁH7185 · qa.shahto hardenאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עָרְפּוֹ֙H6203 · o.rephneckוַיְאַמֵּ֣ץH553 · a.matsto strengthenאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]לְבָב֔וֹH3824 · le.vavheartמִשּׁ֕וּבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֥יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Jeremiah 52:2-3And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.Ezekiel 17:11-20Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,2 Chronicles 30:8Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but] yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.Joshua 9:15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.Romans 2:4-5Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?Exodus 9:17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;2 Samuel 21:2And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)Hebrews 3:8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:2 Kings 24:20For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.Nehemiah 9:29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.Joshua 9:19-20But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.Nehemiah 9:16-17But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,Exodus 8:32And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
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