Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

2 Chronicles 33:9

So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

KJV

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

⋯

Commentary

0 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֶּ֣תַעvai.Ye.ta'and he misledH8582 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehManassehH4519 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יve.yo.she.Veiand [the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213 →
רָ֔עRa'evilH7451 →
מִן־min-more thanH4480 →
הַ֨גּוֹיִ֔םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
הִשְׁמִ֣ידhish.Midhe had destroyedH8045 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Ezekiel 5:7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’2 Kings 24:3–4Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,2 Chronicles 33:2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.Isaiah 24:5The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.Jeremiah 23:13“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.2 Kings 21:9But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.Exodus 23:33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”Exodus 23:24You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.Joshua 24:8Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.2 Kings 17:8–11and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.Deuteronomy 2:21They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,Ezekiel 16:45–47You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.2 Kings 23:26Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.2 Kings 21:9–11But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

Featured studies on this passage

The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon — Edward Poynter

On 2 Chronicles 33:9

2 Chronicles: the Study Guide

Open the study →

Walks through 2 Chronicles 33

The Worst King's Prayer

Open the study →

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read chapter 33 →The featured study →
Continue: 2 Chronicles 33 →