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21:16 Furthermore <01571> Manasseh <04519> killed <08210> so <03966> many <07235> innocent <05355> people, he stained <04390> Jerusalem <03389> with their blood <01818> from end <06310> to end <06310>, in addition <0905> to encouraging <02398> Judah <03063> to sin <02398> by doing <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. 21:17 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Manasseh’s <04519> reign and all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, as well as the sinful <02403> acts he committed <02398>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>. 21:18 Manasseh <04519> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in his palace <01004> garden <01588>, the garden <01588> of Uzzah <05798>, and his son <01121> Amon <0526> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 21:19 Amon <0526> was twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for two <08147> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> <08034> was Meshullemeth <04922>, the daughter <01323> of Haruz <02743>, from <04480> Jotbah <03192>. 21:20 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, just like <0834> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done <06213>. 21:21 He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of <0834> his father <01> and worshiped <01980> and bowed down <05647> to the disgusting idols <01544> which <0834> his father <01> had worshiped <07812>. 21:22 He abandoned <05800> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of his ancestors <01> and did not <03808> follow <01980> the Lord’s <03068> instructions <01870>. 21:23 Amon’s <0526> servants <05650> conspired <07194> against <05921> him and killed <04191> the king <04428> in his palace <01004>. 21:24 The people <05971> of the land <0776> executed <05221> all <03605> those who had conspired <07194> against <05921> King <04428> Amon <0526>, and they <05971> made <04427> his son <01121> Josiah <02977> king <04427> in his place <08478>. 21:25 The rest <03499> of Amon’s <0526> accomplishments <01697> are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>. 21:26 He was buried <06912> in his tomb <06900> in the garden <01588> of Uzzah <05798>, and his son <01121> Josiah <02977> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.

• 2Ki 21:19-26 -- Amon's Reign over Judah

• Amon

  [ebd] builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). (2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set...
  [isbe] AMON - a'-mon ('amon): A name identical with that of the Egyptian local deity of Thebes (No); compare Jer 46:25. The foreign name given to a Hebrew prince is remarkable, as is also the fact that it is one of the two or three...
  [nave] AMON 1. Governor of the city of Samaria, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 2. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:18-26; 2 Chr. 33:21-25; Zeph. 1:1; Matt. 1:10. 3. Ancestor of one of the families of the Nethinim, Neh. 7:59. Called Ami, Ez...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF

  [isbe] MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF - || 1. Name 2. Canonicity and Position 3. Contents 4. Original Language 5. Authenticity 6. Author and Motive 7. Date 8. Text and Versions (1) Greek (2) Latin LITERATURE The Prayer of Manasses purport...
  

• Kings, The Books of

  [ebd] The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third and fourth books of Kings...
  

• ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF

  [isbe] ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF - I. THE AUTHOR 1. Name 2. Ancestry 3. Life II. TIME 1. Date 2. Political Situation 3. Moral and Religious Conditions III. BOOK 1. Contents 2. Integrity IV. TEACHING 1. The Day of Yahweh 2. Universalism 3....
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Uzza

  [ebd] strengh, a garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried (2 Kings 21:18, 26). It was probably near the king's palace in Jerusalem, or may have formed part of the palace grounds. Manasseh may probably have acquired it from so...
  [nave] UZZA 1. See: Uzzah, 1. 2. Proprietor of the burial place of kings Manasseh and Amon, 2 Kin. 21:18, 26. 3. Son of Shimei, 1 Chr. 6:29. 4. Son of Ehud, 1 Chr. 8:7. 5. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:49; Neh. 7:51.
  

• Meshullemeth

  [ebd] friend, the wife of Manasseh, and the mother of Amon (2 Kings 21:19), Kings of Judah.
  [isbe] MESHULLEMETH - me-shul'-e-meth (meshullemeth): The wife of King Manasseh and mother of Amon (2 Ki 21:19). She is further designated "daughter of Haruz of Jotbah." This is the earliest instance of the birthplace being added t...
  [smith] (friend), the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, wife of Manasseh king of Judah, and mother of his successor, Amon. (2 Kings 21:19)
  [nave] MESHULLEMETH, wife of Manasseh and mother of Amon, 2 Kin. 21:19.
  

• Manasseh

  [smith] (forgetting). The thirteenth king of Judah, son of Hezekiah, (2 Kings 21:1) ascended the throne at the age of twelve, and reigned 55 years, from B.C. 608 to 642. His accession was the signal for an entire change in the re...
  [nave] MANASSEH 1. Son of Joseph and Asenath, Gen. 41:50, 51; 46:20; adopted by Jacob on his deathbed, Gen. 48:1, 5-20. Called Manasses, Rev. 7:6. 2. Tribe of. Descendants of Joseph. The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, ...
  

• Jotbah

  [isbe] JOTBAH - jot'-ba (yoTbah, "pleasantness"): The home of Meshullemeth, the mother of King Amon, daughter of Haruz (2 Ki 21:19). It may be the same as JOTBATHAH (which see).
  [smith] (goodness), the native place of Meshullemeth, the queen of Manasseh. (2 Kings 21:19)
  [nave] JOTBAH A place in Judah, 2 Kin. 21:19. Called Jotbath in Deut. 10:7.
  

• Josiah

  [nave] JOSIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:24-26; 22:1; 1 Chr. 3:14; 2 Chr. 33:25. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:10, 11. slain in battle with Pharaoh-neco, 2 Kin. 23:29, 30; 2 Chr. 35:20-24. Lamentations for, 2 Chr. 35:25. Piety of...
  

• Haruz

  [ebd] eager, the father of Meshullemeth, the wife of king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:19) and mother of king Amon.
  [isbe] HARUZ - ha'-ruz (charuts): Father of Meshullemeth, the mother of Amon, king of Judah (2 Ki 21:19).
  [nave] HARUZ, father-in-law of King Manasseh, 2 Kin. 21:19.
  

• Manaen

  [ebd] consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V. "foster brother" of) Herod, i....
  

• Burial

  [isbe] BURIAL - ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4. Duties of Next of Kin II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL 1. ...
  [nave] BURIAL Rites of, Jer. 34:5. Soon after death, Deut. 21:23; Josh. 8:29; John 19:38-42; Acts 5:9, 10. With spices, 2 Chr. 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56. Bier used at, 2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:14. Attended by relatives and friend...
  

• Backsliders

  [nave] BACKSLIDERS. Lev. 26:14-42; Deut. 4:9; Deut. 8:11-14; Deut. 28:58, 59, 63 vs. 15-68;; 1 Kin. 9:6-9; Deut. 29:18 vs. 18-28.; Deut. 32:15-30; Josh. 24:27 vs. 20-27.; 2 Chr. 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26, 27; Psa. 44:20, 21; Ps...
  

• UZZA, THE GARDEN OF

  [smith] the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the garden attached to Manasseh?s palace. ver. 18. The fact of its mention shows that it was not where the usual sepulchres o...
  

• Homicide

  [nave] HOMICIDE. Accidental Ex. 21:13, 28-32; Num. 35:11-15, 22-28, 32 Deut. 4:41-43; 19:1-10. Josh. 20:1-9 Felonious or Murder: Gen. 4:9-11 v. 12.; Gen. 9:5, 6; Gen. 49:7; Ex. 20:13 Deut. 5:17; Rom. 13:9. Ex. 21:29-32; Num. 35...
  

• UZZA; UZZAH

  [isbe] UZZA; UZZAH - uz'-a, uz'-a ('uzzah (2 Sam 6:6-8), otherwise `uzza' meaning uncertain): (1) One of those who accompanied the ark on its journey from Kiriath-jearim toward David's citadel (2 Sam 6:3-8, "Uzzah" = 1 Ch 13:7-11, ...
  

• GARDEN

  [isbe] GARDEN - gar'-d'-n (gan, gannah, ginnah; kepos): The Arabic jannah (diminutive, jannainah), like the Hebrew gannah, literally, "a covered or hidden place," denotes in the mind of the dweller in the East something more than t...
  

• King Manasseh

  

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