George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 21:16
Mouth. Chaldean, "extremity." All was full of blood, and impure idols, ver. 11. --- Besides, ( absque) "without" mentioning his other scandalous sins of idolatry.
Mouth. Chaldean, "extremity." All was full of blood, and impure idols, ver. 11. --- Besides, ( absque) "without" mentioning his other scandalous sins of idolatry.
Verse 2 Kings 21:16. _SHED INNOCENT BLOOD VERY MUCH_] Like the deities he worshipped, he was _fierce_ and _cruel_; an unprincipled, merciless tyrant: he slew innocent people and God's prophets....
Compare Jeremiah 2:30; Hebrews 11:37; Isaiah 57:1. According to tradition, Isaiah was among the first to perish. More than a century afterward, the final judgment upon Jerusalem was felt to be in an s...
4. MANASSEH AND AMON CHAPTER 21 _ 1. Manasseh's reign of wickedness (2 Kings 21:1; 2 Chronicles 33:1)_ 2. The word of the LORD against it (2 Kings 21:10) 3. Manasseh's end ...
REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON. The fact that the reformation begun by Hezekiah was so thoroughly undone at his death, and that his son was able to reign undisturbed for fifty-five years, proves that his...
INNOCENT BLOOD. Tradition says that Isaiah was one who suffered martyrdom (Jos. _Ant_. x. 2 Kings 3:1)....
Other wickedness of Manasseh. His death (2 Chronicles 33:18-20) 16. _Manasseh shed innocent blood very much_ This is alluded to again in 2 Kings 24:4 as the cause of God's continued anger against Juda...
MANASSEH SHED INNOCENT BLOOD— Among the rest of the prophets and other innocent persons put to death by Manasseh, Isaiah is generally numbered, who is said to have been _sawn asunder with a wooden saw...
C. CONCLUSION OF THE REIGN OF MANASSEH 21:16-18 TRANSLATION (16) And also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other, besides his sin in which he m...
_MOREOVER 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...
THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON 3. The high places, etc.] Manasseh not only restored the country sanctuaries which had been destroyed by Hezekiah as seats of corruption (see 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 18:2...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 21 MANASSEH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 55 y...
MOREOVER MANASSEH SHED INNOCENT BLOOD ... — The narrative is taken up again from 2 Kings 21:9. The “innocent blood” shed by Manasseh was that of the prophets of Jehovah and their followers. “As the na...
וְ גַם֩ דָּ֨ם נָקִ֜י שָׁפַ֤ךְ מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הַרְ
MANASSEH B.C. 686-641 2 KINGS 21:1 "Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, That frameth mischief by statute? They gather themselves in troops against the soul of the righteous,...
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON 2 Kings 21:16 Manasseh shed much innocent blood, and among others, tradition has it that Isaiah was sawn asunder at his command, Hebrews 11:37. Amon followed in his father's ste...
Here we have the story of reaction. It manifested itself in two reigns, both utterly evil, Manasseh's, lasting fifty- five years, and Amon's, lasting two years. The story of Manasseh's sin was not mer...
Moreover Manasseh shed (s) 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...
I bring the whole of a life so flagitious as that of Manasseh within one point of view, both for the sake of shortness, and for gathering all the instruction it affords before the Reader at once. But...
Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh, young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
When Hezekiah died at the age of fifty-four, his son was but twelve years old. Beguiled himself, Manasseh seduced the people, who were but too willing to commit greater iniquity than the nations who k...
MOREOVER, MANASSEH SHED INNOCENT BLOOD VERY MUCH,.... Putting to death the prophets that reproved him and his people for their idolatries, and such who would not comply therewith; and it is commonly s...
Moreover 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...
_Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood_ The blood of those prophets, and other righteous men, who either reproved his sinful practices, or refused to comply with his wicked commands. The tradition of...
[MANASSEH WICKED.] 1 Manasseh his reigne. 3 His great idolatrie. 10 His wickednesse causeth prophecies against Iudah. 17 Amon succeedeth him. 19 Amons wicked reigne. 23 Hee being slaine by his s...
Manasseh's Reign...
Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, slaying those who opposed his godlessness, Jewish tradition stating that Isaiah was put to death by being sawed asunder, TILL HE HAD FILLED JERUSALEM...
MANASSEH'S WICKED REIGN (vv.1-18) Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign, therefore he was born three years after Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. But in contrast to his father, he was th...
FROM ONE END TO ANOTHER: _ Heb._ from mouth to mouth...
10-18 Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem. The words used represent the city emptied and utterly desolate, yet not destroyed thereby, but cleansed, and to be kept for the future dwelling of the J...
INNOCENT BLOOD; the blood of those prophets and righteous men who either reproved his sinful practices, or refused to comply with his wicked commands and worship. BESIDE HIS SIN, i.e. his idolatry, wh...
2 Kings 21:16 Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 (H8804) very H3966 much H7235 (H8687) innocent H5355 blood H1818 filled...
YHWH PROPHESIES DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ON AN UNFAITHFUL PEOPLE (2 KINGS 21:10). These prophecies were made during the reign of Manasseh. Indeed the Chronicler made clear that many seers prophesied dur...
CONTENTS: Evil reigns of Manasseh and Amon in Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Manasseh, Amon. CONCLUSION: Those have much to answer for who not only are wicked themselves but help to make others so. 2 Kings...
2 Kings 21:1. _Manasseh was twelve years old._ He was the sixteenth king of Judah, ruined in his education, it would seem, by some apostate priests. These tutors ruined the church also, and ruined the...
_Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign._ MANASSEH The narratives of the Old Testament are not to be read as mere matters of history, but as records of the providential dispensations of...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 21:1 Manasseh and Amon. Even through the bad times, the Lord has been faithful to Judah because of his promise to David. Throughout chs. 2 Kings 16:1
MANASSEH: THE REIGN OF TERROR IN JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 21:1. MANASSEH WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD, &c.—Born, therefore, three years after his father’s recovery. His reign was t...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 21:1 THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON. 2 KINGS 21:1 THE REIGN OF MA
Now Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign (2 Kings 21:1), Manasseh was the son of Hezekiah, and here is something that I think is interesting for speculation. Would it have been better...
1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 14:16; 2 Chronicles 33:9; 2 Kings 21:11;...
Blood — The blood of those prophets and righteous men who either reproved his sinful practices, or refused to comply with his wicked commands. His sin — His idolatry, which is called sin, by way of em...