2 Kings 21:20 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 21:20

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

YLT

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father,

DBT

And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done;

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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Psalms 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
2 Chronicles 33:22–23
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Matthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
2 Kings 21:2–7
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

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Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign--This prince continued the idolatrous policy of his father; and, after an inglorious reign of two years, he was massacred by some of his own domestics.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The beauty of Jerusalem is stained, and all her glory, all her joy, sunk and gone. These verses give such an account of this reign as make it, in all respects, the reverse of the last, and, in a manner, the ruin of it. He was but twelve years old when he began to reign (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He trod in the steps of his father's idolatry, and revived that which he, in the latter end of his days, had put down. Note, Those who set bad examples, though they may repent themselves, yet cannot be sure that those whom they have drawn into sin by their example will repent; it is often otherwise. That his end was very tragical.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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