2 Kings 21 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah

(2Ch 33:1–20 )

Manasseh^H4519 was twelve^H8147^H6240 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he became^H4427 king^H4427, and he reigned^H4427 for fifty-five^H2572 years^H8141 in Jerusalem^H3389; and his mother’s^H517 name^H8034 was Hephzibah^H2657.

2Ki 21:2

2Ki 21:2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the LORD [fn]dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

2Ki 21:3

2Ki 21:3For he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an [fn]Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he worshiped all the heavenly [fn]lights and served them.

2Ki 21:4

2Ki 21:4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

2Ki 21:5

2Ki 21:5He built altars for all the heavenly [fn]lights in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD.

2Ki 21:6

2Ki 21:6And he made his son pass through the fire, interpreted signs, practiced divination, and used mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2Ki 21:7

2Ki 21:7Then he put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

2Ki 21:8

2Ki 21:8“And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will take care to act in accordance with everything that I have commanded them, and with all the Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

2Ki 21:9

2Ki 21:9But they did not listen, and Manasseh encouraged them to do evil, more than the nations whom the LORD eliminated from the presence of the sons of Israel.

The King’s Idolatries Rebuked

2Ki 21:10

Now the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 through^H3027 His servants^H5650 the prophets^H5030, saying^H559,

2Ki 21:11

2Ki 21:11“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations, having done more evil than all that the Amorites did who were before him, and has also misled Judah into sin with his idols,

2Ki 21:12

2Ki 21:12therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears about it, both of his ears will ring.

2Ki 21:13

2Ki 21:13‘I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a bowl, wiping it and turning it upside down.

2Ki 21:14

2Ki 21:14‘And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and hand them over to their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoils to all their enemies,

2Ki 21:15

2Ki 21:15because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.’”

2Ki 21:16

Furthermore^H1571, Manasseh^H4519 shed^H8210 very^H3966 much^H7235 innocent^H5355 blood^H1818 until^H5704^H834 he had filled^H4390 Jerusalem^H3389 [fn]from one^H6310 end^H6310 to another^H6310, besides^H905^H4480 his sin^H2403 into which^H834 he misled^H2398 Judah^H3063, in doing^H6213 evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068.

2Ki 21:17

2Ki 21:17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did, and his sin which he [fn]committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2Ki 21:18

2Ki 21:18And Manasseh [fn]lay down with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and his son Amon became king in his place.

Amon Succeeds Manasseh

(2Ch 33:21–25 )

2Ki 21:19

Amon^H526 was twenty-two^H6242^H8147 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he became^H4427 king^H4427, and he reigned^H4427 for two^H8147 years^H8141 in Jerusalem^H3389; and his mother’s^H517 name^H8034 was Meshullemeth^H4922 the daughter^H1323 of Haruz^H2743 of Jotbah^H3192.

2Ki 21:20

2Ki 21:20He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Manasseh had done.

2Ki 21:21

2Ki 21:21For he walked [fn]entirely in the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.

2Ki 21:22

2Ki 21:22So he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

2Ki 21:23

2Ki 21:23And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

2Ki 21:24

2Ki 21:24Then the people of the land [fn]killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

2Ki 21:25

2Ki 21:25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

2Ki 21:26

2Ki 21:26He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(21:2)

Or drove out

(21:3)

I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity

Lit host

Lit host

Lit mouth to mouth

Lit sinned

I.e., died

Lit in all the way that

(21:24)

Lit struck

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