What Does 2 Chronicles 34:23 Mean in the King James?

And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

2 Chronicles 34:23 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The verb behind “sent you” also means “let go,” so the answer arrives along a path whose language holds both sending and release.

THE MEANING

You receive words through a chain of people carrying them: the verse’s answer moves from sender to messenger to speaker and back to the sender. The LORD’s message reaches you through that human exchange.

THE ROOT

שׁלח

shalach

GROWS FROM

שלח

To send forth, release, or let go.

The Hebrew verb ⁨שָׁלַח⁩ (shalach) can mean to send or to release. English gives “sent” here, while the same root elsewhere carries the force of letting go, joining the arrival of a message with the language of release.

ALSO GROWS

let go: Release; let someone go.

The same root appears in Moses’ demand, “Let my people go,” linking this verse’s sending with release.

send: Send forth; dispatch.

Isaiah uses the same root when he answers, “send me,” showing the word’s sense of a messenger being sent.

THE PATTERN

A message moves through a chain of sending, and the language of sending can also carry release.

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Exodus 5:1 · KJVThe same Hebrew root behind “sent you” here is rendered “let my people go,” joining sending with release.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Isaiah 6:8 · KJVA message moves outward through a person who is sent to carry it.

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

John 20:21 · KJVThe message continues through a chain of sending, from the Father to Jesus and from Jesus to others.

THE THREAD

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Exodus 5:1 · KJV

The Hebrew verb translated “sent” in this verse is the same root used in “Let my people go.” The word that carries the seekers toward an answer also carries the sound of release.

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