2 Kings 21:19-26 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:23

The servants of Amon conspired - What their reason was for slaying their king we cannot tell. It does not seem to have been a popular act, for the people of the land rose up and slew the regicides. We hear enough of this man when we hear that he was as bad as his father was in the beginning of his reign, but did not copy his father's repentance. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:26

The garden of Uzza - The family sepulcher or burying-place. It is said 2 Kings 21:3 , 2 Kings 21:7 , that "Manasseh made a grove; and he set a graven image of the grove," etc. עשה אשר האשרה פסל את וישם vaiyasem eth pesel haasherah , asher asah : "And he put the graven image of Asherah, which he had made," into the house. Asherah, which we translate grove, is undoubtedly the name of an idol; and probably of one which was carved out of wood. R. S. Jarchi, on Genesis 12:3... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 21:19

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign. So Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10.4. § 1), and the author of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 33:21 ). He must have been born in B.C. 664, early in the reign of Asshur-bani-pal, probably in the year of that monarch's expedition against Tyro. And he reigned two years in Jerusalem. The "twelve years" assigned to Amen By the Duke of Manchester ('Times of Daniel') are wholly devoid of foundation, and would throw the entire chronology into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-24

Amon's wicked reign. We have here more than one instructive lesson. I. THE POWER OF EVIL OFTEN COUNTERACTS THE GOOD . Manasseh had humbled himself before God. He obtained pardon. But he could not undo the guilty past. He could not undo the effects of his evil example and influence. We see how his sins were imitated and continued by his son Amen. How careful we should be what influence we exercise, what an example we leave behind us! Many a penitent sinner would give... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

REIGN OF AMON . The short reign of Amen, the son and successor of Manasseh, was distinguished by only two events: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

Amon. "Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem." This is a short account of the brief and wicked reign of Amon the son of Manasseh. I. HIS REIGN WAS VERY SHORT . "He reigned two years," etc. The wonder is that such a man should have been permitted to breathe the breath of life. The sooner a bad king dies the better. 1. The better for his own sake . It restrains his own responsibilities and the aggravation of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

The reign of Amen. In this king we have— I. A PALER COPY OF HIS FATHER . The only noteworthy facts about Amen, during his brief two years' reign, are: 1. His imitation of Manasseh ' s wickedness . His father, during the greater part of his reign, had set an evil example, but towards its close he had repented. Amen did not imitate the repentance, but imitated the sin. He walked in all the ways his father had walked in, apparently setting up again the idols which his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:20

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:21

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in. There was not a single one among the early wickednesses of Manasseh which Amen did not imitate. The details of Josiah's reformation ( 2 Kings 23:4-24 ) show that under Amon read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-24

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 21:21

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