2 Chronicles 29:9
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Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness.

our fathers

2 Chronicles 28:5-8,17 And the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried it to Damascus: he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a great slaughter. . . .

Leviticus 26:17 I will set my face against you, and you shall fall down before your enemies: and shall be made subject to them that hate you. You shall flee when no man pursueth you.

Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not: and we have borne their iniquities.

Context
Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple
8Therefore the wrath of the Lord hath been stirred up against Juda and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, and to destruction, and to be hissed at, as you see with your eyes. 9Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness.10Now therefore I have a mind that we make a covenant with the Lord the God of Israel, and he will turn away the wrath of his indignation from us.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:5
And the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Syria, who defeated him, and took a great booty out of his kingdom, and carried it to Damascus: he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who overthrew him with a great slaughter.

2 Chronicles 28:17
And the Edomites came and slew many of Juda, and took a great booty.

Lexicon
For behold,
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

this
זֹֽאת׃ (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

is why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

our fathers
אֲבוֹתֵ֖ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

have fallen
נָפְל֥וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

by the sword,
בֶּחָ֑רֶב (be·ḥā·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and our sons
וּבָנֵ֨ינוּ (ū·ḇā·nê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and daughters
וּבְנוֹתֵ֧ינוּ (ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

and wives
וְנָשֵׁ֛ינוּ (wə·nā·šê·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

are in captivity.
בַּשְּׁבִ֖י (baš·šə·ḇî)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7628: Exiled, captured, exile, booty


Additional Translations
For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.For, see, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

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

And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now.

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

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

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

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

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