2 Kings 21:1-18
Manasseh's Reign... [ Continue Reading ]
Manasseh's Reign... [ Continue Reading ]
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, having been born three years after his father's severe illness, AND REIGNED FIFTY AND FIVE YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS HEPHZIBAH.... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. It seems that the wicked priests and false prophets had formed a party and insinuated themselves into the favor of the young king, who was hardly more... [ Continue Reading ]
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed, 2 Kings 18:4. the places of worship which had always been in use contrary to the Lord's wish; AND HE REARED UP ALTARS FOR BAAL, the chief idol of the Canaanite nations, AND MADE A GROVE, an Asherah statue consecrated to... [ Continue Reading ]
And he built altars, devoted to idolatry, IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, OF WHICH THE LORD SAID, IN JERUSALEM WILL I PUT MY NAME, He wanted only His worship in the city which He had chosen, and in the Temple dedicated to his name.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he built altars for all the host of heaven, in the service of his star-worship, IN THE TWO COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, namely, in the court of the priests and in that of the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he made his son pass through the fire, a custom observed by various heathen nations, AND OBSERVED TIMES, professing to uncover the future by interpreting various signs in nature, AND USED ENCHANTMENTS, another form of foretelling the future by certain signs connected with sacrifices, AND DEALT W... [ Continue Reading ]
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made, an Asherah idol, IN THE HOUSE, in the very Sanctuary, 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 FOREVER, 2 Samuel 7:13;... [ Continue Reading ]
neither 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, this being the condition which the Lord always added to His... [ Continue Reading ]
But they hearkened not, namely, to the warning condition of Jehovah. AND MANASSEH SEDUCED THEM TO DO MORE EVIL THAN DID THE NATIONS WHOM THE LORD DESTROYED BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, they exceeded all these nations in idolatrous wickedness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake by His servants, the prophets, especially by Hosea, Nahum, Micah, Amos, and Isaiah, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Because Manasseh, king of Judah, hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, this name standing for all the nations of Canaan, WHICH WERE BEFORE HIM, AND HATH MADE JUDAH ALSO TO SIN WITH HIS IDOLS,... [ Continue Reading ]
therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, the entire southern nation, which included the small tribe of Benjamin and the remnant of Simeon, THAT WHOSOEVER HEARETH OF IT, BOTH HIS EARS SHALL TINGLE, ring with the sharp pain caused by the n... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, the reference being to a custom by which people standing in line were measured and a certain percentage slain, 2 Samuel 8:2, the idea of complete annihilation being apparently included here. AND I WILL WIPE J... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will forsake the remnant of Mine inheritance, abandoning and throwing away also the remaining southern tribes, AND DELIVER THEM INTO THE HAND OF THEIR ENEMIES; AND THEY SHALL BECOME A PREY AND A SPOIL TO ALL THEIR ENEMIES, Cf Isaiah 42:22,... [ Continue Reading ]
because 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, the entire historical account being filled with the complaints and admonitions of the Lord regarding the disobedience of the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 FROM ONE END TO ANOTHER; BESIDE HIS SIN WHEREWITH HE MADE JUDAH TO SIN, the introduction of idolatry... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, 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?... [ Continue Reading ]
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, so called from the former owner of this summer-home or pleasure-house; AND AMON, HIS SON, REIGNED IN HIS STEAD. Manasseh is an example of warning to all believers; for there is no greater punis... [ Continue Reading ]
Amon 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 Jothbah, a city in Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Amon's Reign... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did, namely, during the greater part of his reign.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, not only those of Canaan and Phoenicia, but also of Assyria and Chaldea, AND WORSHIPED THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the servants of Amon, evidently his attendants, since it was a conspiracy in the palace only, CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM, AND SLEW THE KING IN HIS OWN HOUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people of the land, the inhabitants of Judah, SLEW ALL THEM THAT HAD CONSPIRED AGAINST KING AMON, evidently with the intention of placing a man from their midst on the throne; AND THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND MADE JOSIAH, HIS SON, KING IN HIS STEAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, 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?... [ Continue Reading ]
And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza, his resting-place being next to that of his father; and Josiah, his son, reigned in his stead. The example of evil is always powerful, more so than the example of good. All the more is it necessary for us to resist evil in every form and not... [ Continue Reading ]