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2 Kings 21:1-6

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Judah's King Manasseh

1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king; he reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
2 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight,[a] imitating the abominations of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed[b] and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,[c] as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.
4 He would build altars in the Lord's temple, where the Lord had said, "Jerusalem is where I will put My name."[d]
5 He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord's temple.
6 He made his son pass through the fire,[e] practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.[f] He did a great amount of evil in the Lord's sight, provoking [Him].
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2 Kings 21:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 21

In this chapter a short history is given of the two wicked reigns of Manasseh and Amon; Manasseh is charged with great idolatry, with enchantments and witchcrafts, and seducing the children of Israel, 2Ki 21:1-9 and a prophecy is given out of the destruction of Jerusalem for his sins, 2Ki 21:10-16, and an account is given of his death and burial, 2Ki 21:17,18, and of his son and successor Amon, and the evils committed by him, 2Ki 21:19-22 and of the conspiracy against his life, which succeeded, and Josiah his son reigned in his stead, 2Ki 21:23-26.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 6

  • [a] Jr 15:4
  • [b] 2 Kg 18:4; 2 Ch 31:1
  • [c] 2 Kg 23:26
  • [d] Dt 12:11,14; 1 Kg 9:3
  • [e] 2 Kg 16:3; 2 Ch 28:3
  • [f] 2 Kg 23:24
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