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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 21:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 21:21 |
Strong Concordance |
And he walked [03212] in all the way [01870] that his father [01] walked in [01980], and served [05647] the idols [01544] that his father [01] served [05647], and worshipped [07812] them: |
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King James |
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| At Manasseh's death, the idolatrous party, held in some check during his later years Ch2 33:15-17, recovered the entire direction of affairs, and obtained authority from Amon to make once more all the changes which Manasseh had made in the early part of his reign. Hence, we find the state of things at Josiah's accession Kg2 23:4-14; Zep 1:4-12; Zep 3:1-7, the exact counterpart of that which had existed under Manasseh. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He walked, &c. - He revived that idolatry which Manasseh in the latter end of his reign had put down. Those who set bad examples, if they repent themselves, cannot be sure that they whom their example has drawn into sin will repent. It is often otherwise. |
1 Woe [01945] to her that is filthy [04754] and polluted [01351], to the oppressing [03238] city [05892]!
2 She obeyed [08085] not the voice [06963]; she received [03947] not correction [04148]; she trusted [0982] not in the LORD [03068]; she drew not near [07126] to her God [0430].
3 Her princes [08269] within [07130] her are roaring [07580] lions [0738]; her judges [08199] are evening [06153] wolves [02061]; they gnaw not the bones [01633] till the morrow [01242].
4 Her prophets [05030] are light [06348] and treacherous [0900] persons [0582]: her priests [03548] have polluted [02490] the sanctuary [06944], they have done violence [02554] to the law [08451].
5 The just [06662] LORD [03068] is in the midst [07130] thereof; he will not do [06213] iniquity [05766]: every [01242] morning [01242] doth he bring [05414] his judgment [04941] to light [0216], he faileth [05737] not; but the unjust [05767] knoweth [03045] no shame [01322].
6 I have cut off [03772] the nations [01471]: their towers [06438] are desolate [08074]; I made their streets [02351] waste [02717], that none passeth by [05674]: their cities [05892] are destroyed [06658], so that there is no man [0376], that there is none inhabitant [03427].
7 I said [0559], Surely thou wilt fear [03372] me, thou wilt receive [03947] instruction [04148]; so their dwelling [04583] should not be cut off [03772], howsoever [0834] [03605] I punished [06485] them: but [0403] they rose early [07925], and corrupted [07843] all their doings [05949].
4 I will also stretch out [05186] mine hand [03027] upon Judah [03063], and upon all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; and I will cut off [03772] the remnant [07605] of Baal [01168] from this place [04725], and the name [08034] of the Chemarims [03649] with the priests [03548];
5 And them that worship [07812] the host [06635] of heaven [08064] upon the housetops [01406]; and them that worship [07812] and that swear [07650] by the LORD [03068], and that swear [07650] by Malcham [04428];
6 And them that are turned back [05472] from [0310] the LORD [03068]; and those that have not sought [01245] the LORD [03068], nor enquired [01875] for him.
7 Hold thy peace [02013] at the presence [06440] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: for the day [03117] of the LORD [03068] is at hand [07138]: for the LORD [03068] hath prepared [03559] a sacrifice [02077], he hath bid [06942] his guests [07121].
8 And it shall come to pass in the day [03117] of the LORD'S [03068] sacrifice [02077], that I will punish [06485] the princes [08269], and the king's [04428] children [01121], and all such as are clothed [03847] with strange [05237] apparel [04403].
9 In the same day [03117] also will I punish [06485] all those that leap [01801] on the threshold [04670], which fill [04390] their masters [0113]' houses [01004] with violence [02555] and deceit [04820].
10 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that there shall be the noise [06963] of a cry [06818] from the fish [01709] gate [08179], and an howling [03215] from the second [04932], and a great [01419] crashing [07667] from the hills [01389].
11 Howl [03213], ye inhabitants [03427] of Maktesh [04389], for all the merchant [03667] people [05971] are cut down [01820]; all they that bear [05187] silver [03701] are cut off [03772].
12 And it shall come to pass at that time [06256], that I will search [02664] Jerusalem [03389] with candles [05216], and punish [06485] the men [0582] that are settled [07087] on their lees [08105]: that say [0559] in their heart [03824], The LORD [03068] will not do good [03190], neither will he do evil [07489].
4 And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Hilkiah [02518] the high [01419] priest [03548], and the priests [03548] of the second order [04932], and the keepers [08104] of the door [05592], to bring forth [03318] out of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068] all the vessels [03627] that were made [06213] for Baal [01168], and for the grove [0842], and for all the host [06635] of heaven [08064]: and he burned [08313] them without [02351] Jerusalem [03389] in the fields [07709] of Kidron [06939], and carried [05375] the ashes [06083] of them unto Bethel [01008].
5 And he put down [07673] the idolatrous priests [03649], whom the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had ordained [05414] to burn incense [06999] in the high places [01116] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the places round about [04524] Jerusalem [03389]; them also that burned incense [06999] unto Baal [01168], to the sun [08121], and to the moon [03394], and to the planets [04208], and to all the host [06635] of heaven [08064].
6 And he brought out [03318] the grove [0842] from the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], without [02351] Jerusalem [03389], unto the brook [05158] Kidron [06939], and burned [08313] it at the brook [05158] Kidron [06939], and stamped it small [01854] to powder [06083], and cast [07993] the powder [06083] thereof upon the graves [06913] of the children [01121] of the people [05971].
7 And he brake down [05422] the houses [01004] of the sodomites [06945], that were by the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], where the women [0802] wove [0707] hangings [01004] for the grove [0842].
8 And he brought [0935] all the priests [03548] out of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and defiled [02930] the high places [01116] where the priests [03548] had burned incense [06999], from Geba [01387] to Beersheba [0884], and brake down [05422] the high places [01116] of the gates [08179] that were in the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Joshua [03091] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], which were on a man's [0376] left hand [08040] at the gate [08179] of the city [05892].
9 Nevertheless the priests [03548] of the high places [01116] came not up [05927] to the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] in Jerusalem [03389], but they did eat [0398] of the unleavened bread [04682] among [08432] their brethren [0251].
10 And he defiled [02930] Topheth [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the children [01121] [01121] of Hinnom [02011], that no man [0376] might make his son [01121] or his daughter [01323] to pass through [05674] the fire [0784] to Molech [04432].
11 And he took away [07673] the horses [05483] that the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had given [05414] to the sun [08121], at the entering in [0935] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], by the chamber [03957] of Nathanmelech [05419] the chamberlain [05631], which was in the suburbs [06503], and burned [08313] the chariots [04818] of the sun [08121] with fire [0784].
12 And the altars [04196] that were on the top [01406] of the upper chamber [05944] of Ahaz [0271], which the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had made [06213], and the altars [04196] which Manasseh [04519] had made [06213] in the two [08147] courts [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], did the king [04428] beat down [05422], and brake them down [07323] from thence, and cast [07993] the dust [06083] of them into the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].
13 And the high places [01116] that were before [06440] Jerusalem [03389], which were on the right hand [03225] of the mount [02022] of corruption [04889], which Solomon [08010] the king [04428] of Israel [03478] had builded [01129] for Ashtoreth [06253] the abomination [08251] of the Zidonians [06722], and for Chemosh [03645] the abomination [08251] of the Moabites [04124], and for Milcom [04445] the abomination [08441] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], did the king [04428] defile [02930].
14 And he brake in pieces [07665] the images [04676], and cut down [03772] the groves [0842], and filled [04390] their places [04725] with the bones [06106] of men [0120].
15 And he took away [05493] the strange [05236] gods [0430], and the idol [05566] out of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and all the altars [04196] that he had built [01129] in the mount [02022] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and in Jerusalem [03389], and cast [07993] them out [02351] of the city [05892].
16 And he repaired [01129] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068], and sacrificed [02076] thereon peace [08002] offerings [02077] and thank offerings [08426], and commanded [0559] Judah [03063] to serve [05647] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].
17 Nevertheless [061] the people [05971] did sacrifice [02076] still in the high places [01116], yet unto the LORD [03068] their God [0430] only.