2 Kings 21:9 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 21:9

But 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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

KJV

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

During the long reign of Manasseh idolatry in all manner of varied forms took a hold upon the Jewish people such as had never been known before. Compare Jer 7:18, Jer 7:31; Eze 23:37; Zep 1:5. The corruption of morals kept pace with the degradation of religion. Compare 2Ki 23:7; Zep 3:1-3; Jer 2:8; Jer 5:1.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלֹ֖א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
שָׁמֵ֑עוּ	sha.Me.'u	they listened	H8085 →
וַיַּתְעֵ֤ם	vai.yat.'Em	and he misled them	H8582 →
מְנַשֶּׁה֙	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָרָ֔ע	ha.Ra'	<the> evil	H7451 →
מִן־	min-	more than	H4480 →
הַ֨גּוֹיִ֔ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הִשְׁמִ֣יד	hish.Mid	he had destroyed	H8045 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	from before	H6440 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
leads to
- John 9:41
  “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- James 4:17
  Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- Acts 17:30
  Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Romans 1:20
  For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
- John 12:48
  There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Through
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:12–13
  They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- Luke 22:63–64
  The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10
  And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.