2 Kings 21:15
in 2 Kings 21because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
KJV
Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
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This verse in 2 Kings 21
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBecause they have done that which was evil in my sight,.... Committed idolatry: and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day; being always prone to idolatry, so provoking to God, and which they were guilty of quickly after they came out of Egypt, in the worship of the golden calf, and had ever since at times been criminal this way; and now the measure of their iniquity being almost up, would be reckoned for together.
This site's exposition
forsake the remnant of mine inheritance
on 2 Kings 21:14-15
The Lord promises to forsake the remnant of his inheritance, the phrase marking Judah as what is left after the ten tribes were already carried off, and to hand that remnant to enemies as prey and spoil. Verse 15 dates the provocation from the day their fathers came out of Egypt, tying Manasseh's sin to a pattern stretching back through the whole history the book has been narrating rather than treating him as an isolated case. The judgment answers a national record, not one reign alone.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
A commentator
John ChrysostomHOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 22.6 · Written in the 5th century.
proposed
For so Manasses had perpetrated innumerable pollutions, having both stretched out his hands against the saints, and brought abominations into the temple, and filled the city with murders, and wrought many other things beyond excuse; yet nevertheless after so long and so great wickedness, he washed away from himself all these things. How and in what manner? By repentance, and consideration. For there is not, yea, there is not any sin, that doth not yield and give way to the power of repentance, or rather to the grace of Christ. Since if we would but only change, we have Him to assist us. And if thou art desirous to become good, there is none to hinder us; or rather there is one to hinder us, the devil, yet hath he no power, so long as thou choosest what is best, and so attractest God to thine aid.
A commentator
Apostolic ConstitutionsCONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22 · Written before 380.
proposed
For it is written thus in the fourth book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles, or of Days: "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Since, &c. - This forejudgment, though it was chiefly inflicted for the sins of Manasseh and his generation, yet had a respect unto all their former sins.
): " They have provoked me to anger from their conception and birth as a people, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt. " The men of this generation, treading in their fathers' steps, are justly reckoned with for their fathers' sins. (2.) The guilt of blood was that which filled the measure,
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַ֗עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשׂ֤וּ | ʾasu | they have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָרַע֙ | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינַ֔י | beeinai | in view my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וַיִּהְי֥וּ | vaiyihyu | and they have been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מַכְעִסִ֖ים | makhisim | provoking to anger | H3707 → | 54 times |
| אֹתִ֑י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִן־ | min- | since | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיּ֗וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָצְא֤וּ | yatzeu | they came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֲבוֹתָם֙ | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְעַ֖ד | vead | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
יַ֗עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשׂ֤וּthey have done
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָרַע֙the evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינַ֔יin view my
beeinaiH5869 →887 times
וַיִּהְי֥וּand they have been
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
מַכְעִסִ֖יםprovoking to anger
makhisimH3707 →54 times
אֹתִ֑י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
מִן־since
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַיּ֗וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhen
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָצְא֤וּthey came out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
אֲבוֹתָם֙ancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִםfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְעַ֖דand until
veadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:13
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly…
- Ezekiel 20:8
But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out…
- Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
- Numbers 21:5
and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
- Psalms 106:29–33
So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- Ezekiel 20:13
Through
Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:24
You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
- Deuteronomy 32:20
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
- Exodus 32:8–9
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said,…
- Deuteronomy 9:24
About 2 Kings
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Apostolic Constitutions, CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 22.6; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.