2 Kings 21:1

Menasheh was twelve years old when he began to reign as melech, and reigned fifty and five years in Yerushalayim. And shem immo was Cheftzi-Vah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah.

In Context

2And he did that which was rah in the eyes of Hashem, after the to'avot of the Goyim, whom Hashem drove out before the Bnei Yisroel.

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:21And Chizkiyahu slept with his avot; and Menasheh bno reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 32:33And Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) slept with Avotav, and they buried him on the ascent in kivrei Bnei Dovid; and all Yehudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim did him kavod at his mot. And Menasheh bno reigned in his place.

Proverbs 5:19Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; 1 let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; 1 and be thou enraptured tamid (ever) with ahavat (love of) her. 1

Matthew 1:10then Menasheh, Amon, Yoshiyahu,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:1

In this chapter we have a short but sad account of the reigns of two of the kings of Judah, Manasseh and Amon. I. Concerning Manasseh, all the account we have of him here is, 1. That he devoted himself to sin, to all manner of wickedness, idolatry, and murder, ver. 1-9 and 16 . 2. That therefore God devoted him, and Jerusalem for his sake, to ruin, ver. 10-18 . In the book of Chronicles we have an account of his troubles, and his repentance. II. Concerning Amon we are only told that he lived in sin ( ver. 19-22 ),… Read the whole commentary →

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