Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 21

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2 Kings 21 . 1 , Manasseh’s reign; 2 Kings 21 . 3 , His great idolatry; 2 Kings 21 . 10 , His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah; 2 Kings 21 . 17 , Amon succeeds him; 2 Kings 21 . 19 , Amon’s wicked reign; 2 Kings 21 . 23 , He being slain by his servants , and those murderers slain by the people , Josiah is made king.

2 Kings 21:1

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

2 Kings 21:1 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:2

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:2 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:3

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 21:3 · BSB

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he reared4 parallels

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and worshipped6 parallels

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a grove Rather , as we have before remarked , Asherah or Astarte. So Castel defines Asherah to be Simulacrum ligneum Astarte dicatum; "A wooden image dedicated to Astarte."

2 Kings 21:4

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My Name."

2 Kings 21:4 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:5

In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 21:5 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:6

He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Kings 21:6 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

2 Kings 21:7 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:8

I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

2 Kings 21:8 · BSB

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only if they13 parallels

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2 Kings 21:9

But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

2 Kings 21:9 · BSB

they hearkened13 parallels

seduced6 parallels

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2 Kings 21:10

And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

2 Kings 21:10 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

  • 2 Chronicles 33:10
  • 2 Chronicles 36:15
  • Nehemiah 9:26
  • Nehemiah 9:30
  • Matthew 23:34-37 In the following #### Verses the doom of Judah and Jerusalem is passed , and it is a heavy doom. The prophets were sent in the first place to teach them the knowledge of God , to remind them of their duty , and direct them in it . if they succeeded not in that , their next work was to reprove them for their sins , and to set them in view before them , that they might repent and reform , and return to their duty . if in this they prevailed not , their next work was to foretell the judgments of God , that the terror of them might awaken to repentance those who would not be made sensible of the obligations of his love; or else that the execution of them , in their season , might be a demonstration of the divine mission of the prophets who foretold them. They were made judges to those who would not hear and receive them as teachers. . Henry

2 Kings 21:11

“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,

2 Kings 21:11 · BSB

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above all4 parallels

made Judah4 parallels

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2 Kings 21:12

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.

2 Kings 21:12 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

2 Kings 21:13 · BSB

I will stretch9 parallels

This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land , and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken , pillaged , and ruined , and its inhabitants carried into captivity . Jerusalem shall have the same measure

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I will wipe6 parallels

I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants , as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents

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wiping it , and turning it upside down Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof

2 Kings 21:14

So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

2 Kings 21:14 · BSB

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the remnant7 parallels

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2 Kings 21:15

because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”

2 Kings 21:15 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Kings 21:16 · BSB

Manasseh14 parallels

beside his sin6 parallels

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one end to another Heb. mouth to mouth

2 Kings 21:17

As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Kings 21:17 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:18

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

2 Kings 21:18 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:19

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

2 Kings 21:19 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:20

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

2 Kings 21:20 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:21

He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.

2 Kings 21:21 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:22

He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

2 Kings 21:22 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:23

Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

2 Kings 21:23 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:24

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Kings 21:24 · BSB

the people of the land slew1 parallel

made Josiah9 parallels

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2 Kings 21:25

As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2 Kings 21:25 · BSB

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2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 21:26 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 2 Chronicles 33:1 → 2 Kings 21:1, 2 Chronicles 33:1-20 → 2 Kings 21:1-18, 2 Chronicles 33:21 → 2 Kings 21:19, 2 Chronicles 33:21-25 → 2 Kings 21:19-26, 2 Chronicles 33:21-25 → 2 Kings 21:3-5
Allusions 2 Kings 21:3 → Deuteronomy 4:19, 2 Chronicles 33:21 → 2 Kings 21:3
Trajectories
Cain (Seed of Serpent), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)
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