2 Kings 21:9

9 But they wouldn't listen. Manasseh led them into doing even more evil than the nations the LORD had wiped out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:9

But they hearkened not
To the voice of God in his law by Moses, and were not obedient to it:

and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the
Lord destroyed before the children of Israel:
he set up more idols, and drew the people into more and greater idolatries, than the old Canaanites; and these were the more aggravated by having a law given to them, and prophets sent to instruct them in it, and by the benefits and blessings bestowed upon them by the lawgiver, which laid them under greater obligations to him; see ( Jeremiah 2:11 Jeremiah 2:28 ) .

2 Kings 21:9 In-Context

7 Manasseh set up the carved Asherah image he had made in the temple-the very temple the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon, saying, In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all Israel's tribes, I will put my name forever.

8 I will never again remove Israel from the land I gave to their ancestors, provided they carefully do everything I have commanded them-keeping all the Instruction my servant Moses commanded them.

9 But they wouldn't listen. Manasseh led them into doing even more evil than the nations the LORD had wiped out before the Israelites.

10 The LORD spoke through his servants the prophets:

11 Judah's King Manasseh has done detestable things, things more evil than the Amorites had done before his time. He has caused Judah to sin with his images.