2 Kings 21:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Manasseh did what the Lord said was wrong. He did the terrible things the other nations did. (And the Lord forced those nations to leave their country when the Israelites came.)

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:51

“And Samaria did only half as many bad things as you did. You did many more terrible things than Samaria! You have done so many more terrible things than your sisters have done. Sodom and Samaria seem good compared to you.

Jeremiah 15:4

I will make the people of Judah an example of something terrible for all the people on earth. I will do this to the people of Judah because of what Manasseh did in Jerusalem. Manasseh was the son of King Hezekiah. Manasseh was a king of Judah.’

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the leaders of the priests and the leaders of the people of Judah sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord. They followed the evil example of the other nations. They ruined the Temple that the Lord had made holy in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 22:17

The people of Judah have left me and have burned incense to other gods. They made me very angry. They made many idols. That is why I will show my anger against this place. My anger will be like a fire that cannot be stopped!’

2 Kings 21:16

And Manasseh killed many innocent people. He filled Jerusalem from one end to another with blood. And all these sins are in addition to the sins that caused Judah to sin. Manasseh caused Judah to do what the Lord said was wrong.’”

2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh made a carved statue of Asherah. He put this statue in the Temple. The Lord had said to David and to David’s son Solomon about this Temple: “I have chosen Jerusalem from all the cities in Israel. I will put my name in the Temple in Jerusalem forever.

Deuteronomy 12:31

Don’t do that to the Lord your God! These people do all kinds of bad things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children as sacrifices to their gods!

2 Kings 21:11

“King Manasseh of Judah has done these hated things and has done more evil than the Amorites before him. He also has caused Judah to sin because of his idols.

2 Kings 21:20

Amon did what the Lord said was wrong, just as his father Manasseh had done.

2 Kings 23:32

Jehoahaz did what the Lord said was wrong. He did all the same things that his ancestors had done.

2 Kings 24:9

Jehoiachin did what the Lord said was wrong. He did all the same things that his father had done.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one fool can destroy much good.

Isaiah 66:4

So I decided to use their own tricks. I will punish them using what they are most afraid of. I will do this because I called to them, but they did not answer. I spoke to them, but they did not listen. They did what I said is evil. They chose to do what I did not like.”

2 Kings 17:2

He did what the Lord said was wrong, but he was not as bad as the kings of Israel who had ruled before him.

2 Kings 21:21

Amon lived just as his father had lived. He worshiped and served the same idols his father had worshiped.

Ezekiel 11:12

Then you will know that I am the Lord. It was my law that you broke. You did not obey my commands. You decided to live like the nations around you.”

Ezekiel 22:3

You must say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: The city is full of murderers, so her time of punishment will come. She made filthy idols for herself, and those idols made her filthy!