Cross References

2 Kings 24:9

Good News Translation

Following the example of his father, Jehoiachin sinned against the Lord.

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Following the disgusting practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the land as his people advanced, Manasseh sinned against the Lord.

Like his father Manasseh, he sinned against the Lord;

he imitated his father's actions, and he worshiped the idols that his father had worshiped.

It was during his reign that the Babylonian army, commanded by King Nebuchadnezzar's officers, marched against Jerusalem and besieged it.

When he was full-grown, he prowled with the other lions. He too learned to hunt and eat people.