2 Kings 21:14-26

14 I will cast off the remnant of my heritage, and give them into the hand of their enemies; 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 ancestors came out of Egypt, even to this day."
16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he caused Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?
18 Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him.
19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.
21 He walked in all the way in which his father walked, served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
22 he abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his house.
24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in place of him.
25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?
26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza; then his son Josiah succeeded him.

2 Kings 21:14-26 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.

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