The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 36:7 Explained

2 Chronicles 36:7

KJV: Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

YLT: And of the vessels of the house of Jehovah hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon.

Darby: And Nebuchadnezzar carried part of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

ASV: Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Nebuchadnezzar  also carried  of the vessels  of the house  of the LORD  to Babylon,  and put  them in his temple  at Babylon. 

What does 2 Chronicles 36:7 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 36:1-10 - At The Mercy Of The Foe
The narrative here runs parallel with II Kings, but the events are described with a certain gravity of warning which enforces the lesson of history. Here was the final Catastrophe. Long predicted, at last it fell. The Jewish kings named here were mere puppets, and instead of turning to Jehovah, followed each other in persistent idolatry. Jehoahaz was deposed by Necho, who hoped for a more obsequious tool in his brother Jehoiakim; and the latter in his turn was deposed by Nebuchadnezzar, because he was Necho's nominee. Jehoiachin was carried into captivity because he was the choice of the people, and Zedekiah because he rebelled. These are the superficial reasons for the changes that followed each other with such terrible rapidity. But the pages of Jeremiah and Ezekiel reveal other and deeper reasons, alluded to subsequently in this chapter.
It was a long process of pruning through which Israel had to pass, before this stock could bear that one pure flower, the mother of our Lord, who was to give the human side of His holy nature to the world. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 36

1  Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt
5  Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon
9  Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into Babylon
11  Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despite the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar
14  Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed
22  The proclamation of Cyrus

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 36:7 mean?

And [some] of the articles from the house of Yahweh carried off Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon
וּמִכְּלֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה הֵבִ֥יא נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר לְבָבֶ֑ל וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם בְּהֵיכָל֖וֹ בְּבָבֶֽל

וּמִכְּלֵי֙  And  [some]  of  the  articles  from 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
בֵּ֣ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֔ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הֵבִ֥יא  carried  off 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖ר  Nebuchadnezzar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר 
Sense: the great king of Babylon who captured Jerusalem and carried Judah captive.
לְבָבֶ֑ל  to  Babylon 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם  and  put  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
בְּהֵיכָל֖וֹ  in  his  temple 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: הֵיכָל  
Sense: palace, temple, nave, sanctuary.
בְּבָבֶֽל  at  Babylon 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.