2 Kings 21:9 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 21:9

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),

12 therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both ^ahis ears will tingle.

13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem ^athe measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; ^bI will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 21:9

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American Standard Version
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

Amplified® Bible
But they would not listen; and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations did whom the Lord destroyed before the Israelites!

Contemporary English Version
But the people of Judah disobeyed the LORD. They listened to Manasseh and did even more sinful things than the nations the LORD had wiped out.

Darby English Version
But they would not hearken, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel.

Good News Bible
But the people of Judah did not obey the LORD, and Manasseh led them to commit even greater sins than those committed by the nations whom the LORD had driven out of the land as his people advanced.

King James Version
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.

New International Version
But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

New King James Version
But they paid no attention, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.

Revised Standard Version
But they did not listen, and Manas'seh seduced them to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have not hearkened, and Manasseh causeth them to err, to do the evil thing above the nations that Jehovah destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

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