2 Kings 21:9

Translations

Modern

But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

Traditional

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

Literal

And they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations whom YHWH had destroyed before the sons of Israel.

Latin

Illi vero non audierunt: sed seducti sunt a Manasse, ut facerent malum super gentes quas contrivit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Manasseh God’s Judgment of His People The Dangers of Sin The Land

Events

Reign of Manassehc. 697 BC

Related verses

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Daniel 9:10–11
…and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Ezekiel 16:51–52
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
2 Chronicles 33:9
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Hosea 5:11
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Revelation 2:20
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Parallels

2 Chronicles 33:1–9

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Manasseh: King of Judah, son of Hezekiah

Glossary

Book of Nahum High Place History of Israel Kings, Books of First and Second Manasseh (Person)

Topics

Influence: Evil Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Manasseh Manasseh: King of Judah: History of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Manasseh's Wicked Reign Rulers: Wicked: Manasseh, Who Committed the Abominations of the Heathen

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