Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Kings 21:10
The prophets - None of the prophets of this reign are certainly known. One may possibly have been Hosai or Hozai (2 Chronicles 33:19, margin), who perhaps wrote a life of Manasseh.
The prophets - None of the prophets of this reign are certainly known. One may possibly have been Hosai or Hozai (2 Chronicles 33:19, margin), who perhaps wrote a life of Manasseh.
Verse 2 Kings 21:10. _THE LORD SPAKE BY - THE PROPHETS_] The prophets were Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Isaiah. These five following verses contain the sum of what these prophets spoke. It is sai...
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...
BY. through. Hebrew by the hand of. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause)....
God's message of punishment (2 Chronicles 33:10) 10. _the Lord spake_ The Chronicler says God's warnings were sent both to the king and to his people but they would not hearken....
C. THE PROPHETIC PRONOUNCEMENT AGAINST JERUSALEM 21:10-15 TRANSLATION (10) And the LORD spoke by the hand of His prophets, saying, (11) Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and...
_AND THE LORD SPAKE BY HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, SAYING,_ The Lord spake by his servants the prophets. These were Hoshea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Isaiah. Their counsels, admonitions, and propheti...
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...
BY HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS ... — This general expression is used because the historian found no name assigned in his source. It is possible that Isaiah was still living under Manasseh, and protested...
וַ יְדַבֵּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בְּ יַד ־עֲבָדָ֥יו הַ
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,...
AN EVIL LEADER'S TERRIBLE INFLUENCE 2 Kings 21:1 It seems incredible that the good Hezekiah should have had such a son; but the young prince was evidently under the power of that reactionary party wh...
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...
Prophets, Joel, Osee, Amos, Nahum, Jonas, Abdias, Micheas, and particularly by Isaias, who was related to the king. (Tirinus) --- Tradition informs us, that Manasses was so irritated, that he ordered...
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...
AND THE LORD SPAKE BY HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS,.... Who prophesied in the days of Manasseh; and were, according to the Jewish chronology f, Joel, Nahum, and Habakkuk: SAYING: as follows. f Seder Ol...
And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, Ver. 10. _And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets._] Isaiah, Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Micah, &c, one or other of whom Manasseh martyred eve...
2 Kin. 21:10-15. It is evident by this, and many other passages of Scripture, that the first destruction of Jerusalem was principally for the sins of Manasseh and the wickedness that the people were g...
_Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations,_ &c. Partly, because they were not contented with those idols which the Canaanites worshipped, but either invented, or borrowed from other nati...
[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...
And the Lord spake by His servants, the prophets, especially by Hosea, Nahum, Micah, Amos, and Isaiah, saying,...
Manasseh's Reign...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Kings 21:10 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8762) by H3027 servants H5650 prophets H5030 saying H559 (H8800)...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:10; 2 Chronicles 36:15; Matthew 23:34; Nehemiah 9:26;...