2 Kings 21:6

4 ^aHe also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ^b“In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the ^atwo courts of the house of the Lord.

6 ^aAlso he made his son pass through the fire, practiced ^bsoothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

7 He even set a carved image of¹ Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, ^a“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

8 ^aand I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers—only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

9 But they paid no attention, and Manasseh ^aseduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 And the Lord spoke ^aby His servants the prophets, saying,

11 ^a“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (^bhe has acted more wickedly than all the ^cAmorites who were before him, and ^dhas also made Judah sin with his idols),

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Made his son pass through the fire - Consecrated him to Moloch.

Observed times - veonen ; he practiced divination by the clouds; by observing their course at particular times, their different kinds, contrary directions, etc., etc.

Used enchantments - venichesh ; he used incantations, spells, and charms.

Dealt with familiar spirits - veasah ob ; he was a necromancer; was a raiser of spirits, whom he endeavored to press into his service; he had a Python.

And wizards - veyiddeonim ; the knowing ones, the white witches, and such like; see on Leviticus 19:26-31 (note), where most of these terms are particularly explained and illustrated.

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