2 Kings 21:20

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.

In Context

19Amon [is] a son of twenty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned two years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah,

21and walks in all the way that his father walked in, and serves the idols that his father served, and bows himself to them,

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:2and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to the abominations of the nations that YHWH dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

2 Kings 23:32and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did,

2 Kings 24:9and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did.

2 Chronicles 33:22and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did, and Amon has sacrificed to all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made, and serves them,

Acts 7:51You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers—also you;

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:20-26

Amon's Reign and Death. ( b. c. 643.) 19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , as his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord . 23 And… Read the whole commentary →

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