The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 15:6 Explained

2 Chronicles 15:6

KJV: And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

YLT: and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

Darby: And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

ASV: And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And nation  was destroyed  of nation,  and city  of city:  for God  did vex  them with all adversity. 

What does 2 Chronicles 15:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 15

1  Asa, with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the prophecy of Azariah,
12  make a solemn covenant with God
16  He puts down Maachah his grandmother for idolatry
18  He brings dedicated things into the house of God, and enjoys a long peace

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 15:6 mean?

So was destroyed nation by nation and city by city for God troubled them with every adversity
וְכֻתְּת֥וּ גוֹי־ בְּג֖וֹי וְעִ֣יר בְּעִ֑יר כִּֽי־ אֱלֹהִ֥ים הֲמָמָ֖ם בְּכָל־ צָרָֽה

וְכֻתְּת֥וּ  So  was  destroyed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּתַת  
Sense: to beat, crush by beating, crush to pieces, crush fine.
גוֹי־  nation 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
בְּג֖וֹי  by  nation 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
וְעִ֣יר  and  city 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
בְּעִ֑יר  by  city 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
אֱלֹהִ֥ים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
הֲמָמָ֖ם  troubled  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: הָמַם 
Sense: to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex.
בְּכָל־  with  every 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
צָרָֽה  adversity 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרָה 
Sense: straits, distress, trouble.