2 Kings 21

2 Kings · Chapter 21

2 Kings 21:18

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzibah.2And 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.3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.9But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.10And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:12Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.14And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;15Because 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.16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.19Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.24And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

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VerseKJVBSBASV
18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and he lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בvai-yish-KAVH7901J
to lie down: lay down

שָׁכַב (sha.khav) : lay_down/lie_with 1) to lie down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie, lie down, lie on 1a2) to lodge 1a3) to lie (of sexual relations) 1a4) to lie down (in death) 1a5) to rest, relax (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be lain with (sexually) 1c) (Pual) to be lain with (sexually) 1d) (Hiphil) to make to lie down 1e) (Hophal) to be laid

Manassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me-na-SHEHH4519H
Manasseh

מְנַשֶּׁה (me.nash.sheh) A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.21; son of: Hezekiah (H2396) and Hephzibah (H2657); married to Meshullemeth (H4922); father of: Amon (H0526H) Also named: Manassēs (Μανασσῆς "Manasseh" G3128H) § Manasseh = "causing to forget" 1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh 1a) the tribe descended from Manasseh 1b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh 2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile …

withעִם־'im-H5973A
with

עִם (im) 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as

ancestors hisאֲבֹתָ֔יו'a-vo-TAVH0001G
father

אָב (av) 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.) Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)

and he was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵ֥רvai-yi-ka-VERH6912
to bury

קָבַר (qa.var) 1) to bury 1a) (Qal) to bury 1b) (Niphal) to be buried 1c) (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses) 1d) (Pual) to be buried

in [the] garden ofבְּגַן־be-gan-H1588M
garden

גַּן (gan) 1) garden, enclosure 1a) enclosed garden 1a1) (fig. of a bride) 1b) garden (of plants) 1c) Garden of Eden

house hisבֵּית֖וֹbei-TOH1004B
to lodge

בִּית (but) (P'al) to pass the night, lodge Aramaic of ba.yit (בַּ֫יִת ": home" H1004B)

in [the] garden ofבְּגַן־be-gan-H1588G
Garden (of Uzza)

גַּן (gan) This name means garden, enclosure

Uzzahעֻזָּ֑א'u-ZA'H5798GNo entry
and he became kingוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai-yim-LOKHH4427A
to reign

מָלַךְ (ma.lakh) 1) to be or become king or queen, reign 1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign 1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign 1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen

Amonאָמ֥וֹן'a-MONH0526H
Amon

אָמוֹן (a.mon) A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.21.18; son of: Manasseh (H4519H) and Meshullemeth (H4922); married to Jedidah (H3040); father of: Josiah (H2977); also called Amos at Mat.1.10; § Amon = "skilled workman" or "master workman" 1) a king of Judah, son of Manasseh 2) a governor of Samaria 3) a descendant of a servant of Solomon

son hisבְּנ֖וֹbe-NOH1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

in place of himתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach-TAVH8478H
underneath: under

תַּחַת (ta.chat) : under/below 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj …

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