2 Kings 21:10-15

The King's Idolatries Rebuked

10 Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

11 "¹Because * Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, ²having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and ³has also made Judah sin ⁴with his idols;

12 therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, ⁵both his ears will tingle.

13 '⁶I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside * down.

14 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies;

15 because * they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.' "

2 Kings 21:10-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 21

In this chapter a short history is given of the two wicked reigns of Manasseh and Amon; Manasseh is charged with great idolatry, with enchantments and witchcrafts, and seducing the children of Israel, 2Ki 21:1-9 and a prophecy is given out of the destruction of Jerusalem for his sins, 2Ki 21:10-16, and an account is given of his death and burial, 2Ki 21:17,18, and of his son and successor Amon, and the evils committed by him, 2Ki 21:19-22 and of the conspiracy against his life, which succeeded, and Josiah his son reigned in his stead, 2Ki 21:23-26.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 24:3, 4
• 2. Genesis 15:16; 1 Kings 21:26
• 3. 2 Kings 21:16
• 4. 2 Kings 21:21
• 5. 1 Samuel 3:11; Jeremiah 19:3
• 6. Isaiah 34:11; Amos 7:7, 8