John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much ,.... Putting to death the prophets that reproved him and his people for their idolatries, and such who would not comply therewith; and it is commonly said, both by Jewish and Christian writers, that Isaiah was slain, and even sawn asunder by him; see Gill on Hebrews 11:37 , till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another ; a metaphor taken from filling a vessel brimful: beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 21:10-18
Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem read, and it is heavy doom. The prophets were sent, in the first place, to teach them the knowledge of God, to remind them of their duty and direct them in it. If they succeeded not in that, their next work was to reprove them for their sins, and to set them in view before them, that they might repent and reform, and return to their duty. If in this they prevailed not, but sinners went on frowardly, their next work was to foretel the judgments of God,... read more