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Text -- 2 Kings 21:16-26 (NET)
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21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end , in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord .
21:17 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign and all his accomplishments , as well as the sinful acts he committed , are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah .
21:18 Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden , the garden of Uzzah , and his son Amon replaced him as king .
Amon’s Reign over Judah
21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king , and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem . His mother was Meshullemeth , the daughter of Haruz , from Jotbah .
21:20 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , just like his father Manasseh had done .
21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped .
21:22 He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions .
21:23 Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace .
21:24 The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon , and they made his son Josiah king in his place .
21:25 The rest of Amon’s accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah .
21:26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah , and his son Josiah replaced him as king .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Amon |
Israel |
MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF |
Kings, The Books of |
ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF |
JUDAH, KINGDOM OF |
Rulers |
Uzza |
Meshullemeth |
Manasseh |
Jotbah |
Josiah |
Haruz |
Manaen |
Burial |
Backsliders |
UZZA, THE GARDEN OF |
Homicide |
UZZA; UZZAH |
GARDEN |
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NET Notes: 2Ki 21:16 Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 21:17 Heb “As for the rest of the events of Manasseh, and all which he did, and his sin which he committed, are they not written on the scroll of the ...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 21:21 Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 21:24 Heb “the people of the land.” The pronoun “they” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid the repetiti...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 21:25 Heb “As for the rest of the things of Amon which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?R...
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