Verse 20

2 Kings 21:20

Bible in Basic English

20 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ הָ/רַ֖ע בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אָבִֽי/ו

English Translation

And he did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done.

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Chapter 21 Context

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem;... Focus ↗

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had... Focus ↗

3 He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars fo... Focus ↗

4 And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put m... Focus ↗

5 And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord. Focus ↗

6 And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the futur... Focus ↗

7 He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and t... Focus ↗

8 And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers... Focus ↗

9 But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord... Focus ↗

10 And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets, Focus ↗

11 Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amor... Focus ↗

12 For this cause, says the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Ju... Focus ↗

13 And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be w... Focus ↗

14 And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters... Focus ↗

15 Because they have done evil in my eyes, moving me to wrath, from the day when their fathers came out... Focus ↗

16 More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was... Focus ↗

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the boo... Focus ↗

18 So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in... Focus ↗

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's n... Focus ↗

20 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

21 He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his... Focus ↗

22 Turning away from the Lord, the God (Elohim) of his fathers, and not walking in his ways. Focus ↗

23 And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house. Focus ↗

24 But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king,... Focus ↗

25 Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kin... Focus ↗

26 He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his pl... Focus ↗

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