2 Kings 21:2-7
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2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,(A) imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B) 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed(C) and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,(D) as King Ahab of Israel had done;(E) he also worshiped the whole heavenly host(F) and served them. 4 He built altars in the Lord’s temple,(G) where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put My name.”(H) 5 He built altars to the whole heavenly host(I) in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.(J) 6 He made his son pass through the fire,(K) practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(L) He did a great amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.(M)
7 Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the Lord had spoken about to David and his son Solomon, “I will establish My name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.(N)
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2 Kings 21:2-7
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2 He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices(B) of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places(C) his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal(D) and made an Asherah pole,(E) as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts(F) and worshiped them. 4 He built altars(G) in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”(H) 5 In the two courts(I) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 He sacrificed his own son(J) in the fire, practiced divination,(K) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(L) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(M) his anger.
7 He took the carved Asherah pole(N) he had made and put it in the temple,(O) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(P) forever.
2 Kings 21:11
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11 “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these detestable things(A)—greater evil than the Amorites(B) who preceded him had done—and by means of his idols has also caused Judah to sin,
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2 Kings 21:11
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11 “Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil(A) than the Amorites(B) who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.(C)
2 Kings 21:16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another.(A) This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit. Consequently, they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
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2 Kings 21:16
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16 Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood(A) that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah(B) to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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