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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:7

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house. He introduced into the temple, and set up there for adoration, an elaborately wrought Asherah, or "sacred tree," probably copied from the elaborate sacred trees of the Assyrians. These had, in the center, the essential stele , or pillar, ornamented with rams' horns, symbols of fecundity, and crowned with a representation of a palm tree, the whole being encircled by a framework of metal, twined about it, and throwing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:8

Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers. The writer's argument is that Manasseh, by these impieties, annulled God's promises, brought about the destruction of the temple and of Jerusalem, and caused the entire people to be carried off into captivity. The promises of permanence to the city and temple, and of the continued possession of the laud by the people, were, he notes, conditional; and Manasseh, by breaking through the conditions,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 21:7

A graven image of the grove - Rather, “the carved work of the Asherah.” This Asherah which Manasseh placed in the very temple itself, from where it was afterward taken by Josiah to be destroyed 2 Kings 23:6. Such a profanation was beyond anything that had been done either by Athaliah 2 Kings 11:18, or by Ahaz 2 Kings 16:14-18; 2 Chronicles 29:5-7. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 21:7

2 Kings 21:7. He set an image of the grove, &c. The image of that Baal which was worshipped in the grove, or of some other of his idols. The word Asherah, here rendered grove, is nearly the same with Ashtaroth, or Astarte, the imaginary female deities, which were worshipped along with Baalim. This image seems to have been set up in the very temple itself, probably in the holy place; as if designed purposely to affront the Lord to his face, and set him at defiance: “desecrating,” says... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

Manasseh’s evil reign (21:1-26)Hezekiah’s reformation had cleansed Judah of the outward forms of foreign religion, but the inward spiritual condition of most people had not changed. The faithful remnant was still small (see 19:30-31). Possibly under pressure from Assyria, Manasseh reversed his father’s religious policy and with almost fanatical zeal reintroduced foreign religious ideas of every kind. Fifty-five years under his rule left Judah in a worse spiritual condition than that for which... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 21:7

a graven image of the grove = a carved 'Asherah (2 Kings 21:3 ). Removed by Josiah (2 Kings 23:6 ). See App-42 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 21:8

the feet. Figure of speech Pleonasm. move = wander. My servant Moses. See note on Numbers 12:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:7

FURTHER REPORT OF MANASSEH'S SINS AND ABOMINATIONS"And he set the graven image of Ashera, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever; neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 21:7

2 Kings 21:7. Image of the grove, &c,— Image of Aschera, [Astarte] which he had made by the house, &c. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—Like the seven years famine of Egypt, which made the former plenty forgotten, the wickedness of Manasseh blots out all the glorious work that his father had so piously accomplished. 1. Manasseh was young when he began his reign, and continued longest of any of the kings of Judah, reckoning the years of his captivity in Babylon. Whether he was immediately... read more