2 Kings 21:21 NIV

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 21:19-26

C. Amon’s Evil Reign 21:19-26Amon reigned two years (642-640 B.C.). Rather than continuing to follow the Lord, which his father’s repentance encouraged, Amon reverted to the policies of Manasseh’s earlier reign and rebelled against Yahweh completely. This provoked some of his officials to assassinate him (2 Kings 21:23). Again we see that rebellion against God often leads to one’s premature personal destruction (cf. 1 John 5:16). To their credit, the leaders of Judah executed the king’s... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:1-26

The Reigns of Manasseh and Amon3. The high places, etc.] Manasseh not only restored the country sanctuaries which had been destroyed by Hezekiah as seats of corruption (see 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 18:22), and renewed the Baal worship practised by the house of Ahab (see 2 Kings 11:18, and cp. 1 Kings 16:31-32), but also introduced star worship, a form of religion previously unknown in Judah. The host of heaven] The worship of the stars, which was probably introduced from Assyria, was conducted on... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

AMONB.C. 641-6392 Kings 21:19-26THE brief reign of Amon is only a sort of unimportant and miserable annex to that of his father. As he was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, he must have witnessed the repentance and reforming zeal of his father, if, in spite of all difficulties, we assume that narrative to be historical. In that case, however, the young man was wholly untouched by the latter phase of Manasseh’s life, and flung himself headlong into the career of the king’s earlier... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 21:1-26

4. Manasseh and Amon CHAPTER 21 1. Manasseh’s reign of wickedness (2 Kings 21:1-9 ; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9 ) 2. The word of the LORD against it (2 Kings 21:10-15 ) 3. Manasseh’s end (2 Kings 21:16-18 ; 2 Chronicles 33:18-20 ) 4. Reign and death of Amon (2 Kings 21:19-26 ; 2 Chronicles 33:20-25 ) Hezekiah had a wicked father and his son Manasseh did not follow the example of his father, but became even more wicked than Ahaz, his grandfather. Manasseh means “forgetting.” No doubt... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:1-26

MANASSEH'S WICKED REIGN (vv.1-18) Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign, therefore he was born three years after Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. But in contrast to his father, he was the most wicked king to ever reign over Judah. We may well wonder what his mother Hephzibah was like. His reign was a long one, - 55 years, - but he followed the example of the ungodly nations whom the Lord had dispossessed to give Israel the land (v.2). He rebuilt the high places that his father... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 21:1-26

JUDAH UNDER JOSIAH HIS IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS (2 Kings 21:1-26 ) Manasseh’s history shows that a good father does not always make a good son. The summary of his reign (2 Kings 21:1-9 ) ranks him with Ahaz, as the two wickedest kings Judah had known. Note that the same punishment which had fallen on Israel is soon to overtake Judah (2 Kings 21:13 ), and this despite Manasseh’s “humbleness,” as indicated in 2 Chronicles 33:11-19 . The brief reign of Amon (2 Kings 21:19-26 ) was in character... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Kings 21:1-26

2 Kings 21:0 Annotated Text The remainder of the Second Book of Kings so strongly resembles former portions, and refers for amplification of its bare memoranda to the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, that it will be sufficient to present it as thus annotated: 1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign [therefore he was born during Hezekiah's dangerous illness], and reigned fifty and five years [a number confirmed by Josephus] in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 21:19-26

We have here the short but distressing account of Amon's reign. And in the parallel passage in the 2d book of the Chronicles, there is nothing to soften it as in the instance of his father; but on the contrary, we are told that he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father had done. Alas! sin only tends to harden more and more, unless almighty grace subdue. As Amon was succeeded by his son Josiah, concerning whom the Holy Ghost hath given a gracious record: the next chapter will be a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 21:19-26

19-26 Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Now was a happy change from one of the worst, to one of the best of the kings of Judah. Once more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in their sins, all must perish who persist in refusing to walk in his ways. read more