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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-16

Manasseh's wicked reign. Two thoughts are brought before us by the reign of Manasseh. They are a striking contrast to one another. I. THE POWER OF SIN . 1. We see how sin perpetuates itself . The deeds of Manasseh were just a repetition of the worst deeds of his predecessors. "He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen." He built up again the high places. He made altars for Baal. He worshipped all the host of heaven. He made... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-16

The reaction under Manasseh. Light and dark alternate strangely in the later history of Judah. Overlooking the brief reign of Amon, Hezekiah alternates with Ahaz, and Josiah with Manasseh. The good kings are very good, the bad kings very bad. The climax of wickedness is reached in Manasseh. He had a good father, as Hezekiah had a wicked one, yet he outstripped in daring ungodliness all the kings before and after him. I. HIS PRECOCITY IN EVIL . 1. His tendencies were evil . ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-18

THE REIGN OF MANASSEH . Hezekiah's good and glorious reign was followed by one of exactly the opposite character. His son and successor, Manasseh, reversed Hezekiah's entire religious policy, and returned to the wicked practices of his grandfather Ahaz. In verses 3-9 and verse 16 his various abominations are enumerated, while in verses 10-15 God's sentence is pronounced upon them. The account of his reign terminates with a brief summary (verses 17, 18). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-18

The lesson of Manasseh's life, that it is far easier to do than to undo evil. Manasseh, carried away by the impetuosity of youth, and under the advice of evil counselors, threw himself into a movement the direct opposite of that instituted by his father, and in a short time completely changed in all respects the whole religion of the kingdom. His idea, so far as we can trace it, seems to have been a welcoming of heathen and idolatrous creeds and rites of all kinds and from all quarters,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-18

Manasseh; or, the material and moral in human life. "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord," etc. "Manasseh" says Keil, "having begun to reign at an early age, did not choose his father's ways, but set up the idolatry of his grandfather Ahaz again, since the godless party in the nation, all whose chief priests, and (false) prophets stood,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:2

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. Manasseh was too young at the death of his father for his character to have been then definitively formed. He probably fell under the influence of the "princes of Judah," who, supported by many of the priests, had maintained themselves as a party antagonistic to Isaiah during the whole of Hezekiah's reign. Hezekiah's reformation had been carried out against their wishes. They had always leant towards foreign alliances ( Isaiah 20:5 ;... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:3

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed . On the high-place worship, see the comment upon 1 Kings 14:23 . It is quite clear that the people were deeply attached to it, and gladly saw it restored. And he reared up altars for Baal ; i.e. he reintroduced the Phoenician Baal-worship, the special abomination of the house of Ahab ( 1 Kings 16:31 ; 1 Kings 22:53 ; 2 Kings 8:18 , 2 Kings 8:27 , etc.), which Athaliah had been the first to introduce... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:4

And he built altars in the house of the Lord. He created, i.e; altars to other gods in the very temple of Jehovah (see 2 Kings 21:5 ). This was a pollution beyond any that either Athaliah or Ahaz had ventured on. Of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my Name (see 1 Kings 8:29 ; 1 Kings 9:3 ; 1 Kings 14:21 ). Where Jehovah "put his Name," making the place his, and condescending, in a certain sense, to dwell there, it might at least have been expected that he would... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. The temple of Solomon had two courts only, an inner and an outer. The outer court was for the people, the inner for the priests and Levites. Manasseh desecrated the temple to the extent of setting up in each of these two courts an idolatrous altar, dedicated to the worship of the host of heaven. In the inner court his altar was a rival to the great brazen altar of Solomon ( 1 Kings 9:1-28 :64; 2... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:5

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