2 Kings 21:10-15

Manasseh’s Idolatry Denounced

10 And the Lord said by his servants the prophets,

11 ¹“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things ²more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, ³and has made Judah also to sin ⁴with his idols,

12 therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster^[a] that the ears of everyone who hears of it ⁵will tingle.

13 ⁶And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

14 And I will forsake the remnant of my heritage and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies,

15 because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day. ”

2 Kings 21:10-15 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.

Cross References

• 1. 21:11 ver. 2; ch. 23:26; 24:3, 4; Jer. 15:4
• 2. 21:11 1 Kgs. 21:26
• 3. 21:11 ver. 16
• 4. 21:11 ver. 21
• 5. 21:12 1 Sam. 3:11; Jer. 19:3
• 6. 21:13 Isa. 34:11; [Isa. 28:17; Lam. 2:8; Amos 7:7, 8]

Footnotes

• [a] 21:12 Or 'evil'