2 Kings 21:2

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

In Context

1+ 21:1 Gr. a son of 12 years in his reigning.Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Apsiba.

3And he + 21:3 Gr. returned and built.built again the high places, which Ezekias his father had demolished; and + 21:3 Or, built.set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Achaab king of Israel made them; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:31Thou shalt not do so to thy God; for they have sacrificed + 12:31 Gr. in, or, among.to their gods the abominations of the Lord which he hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.

2 Kings 16:3And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 21:7And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name for ever.

2 Kings 21:20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father did.

2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.

2 Chronicles 36:14And all the great men of Juda, and the priests, and the people of the land transgressed abundantly in the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lord which was in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:2-10

Manasseh's Impious Reign. ( b. c. 698.) 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the… Read the whole commentary →

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