2 Kings 21:20

He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had done.

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

In Context

19Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth; she was the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

21Amon followed in all the way that his father had walked in and worshiped the idols that his father worshiped, and bowed down to them.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:2He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the disgusting things of the nations whom Yahweh had driven out before the people of Israel.

2 Kings 23:32Jehoahaz did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like everything that his ancestors had done.

2 Kings 24:9He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he did all that his father had done.

2 Chronicles 33:22He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as Manasseh, his father, had done. Amon sacrificed to all the carved figures that Manasseh his father had made, and he worshiped them.

Acts 7:51You people who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; you act just as your fathers acted.

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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