2 Kings 21:10-15

The King's Idolatries Rebuked

10 Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,
11 "1Because * Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, 2having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and 3has also made Judah sin 4with his idols;
12 therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, 5both his ears will tingle.
13 '6I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside * down.
14 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies;
15 because * they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from 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 6

  • 1. 2 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 24:3, 4
  • 2. Genesis 15:16; 1 Kings 21:26
  • 3. 2 Kings 21:16
  • 4. 2 Kings 21:21
  • 5. 1 Samuel 3:11; Jeremiah 19:3
  • 6. Isaiah 34:11; Amos 7:7, 8
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