2 Kings 24:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He did this because Manasseh killed many innocent people and filled Jerusalem with their blood. The Lord would not forgive these sins.

Cross References

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.’”

Ezekiel 33:25

“You must tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood still in it. You look to your idols for help. You murder people, so why should I give you this land?

Lamentations 3:42

Let us say to him, “We have sinned and have been stubborn. Because of this, you have not forgiven us.

Jeremiah 19:4

I will do these things because the people of Judah have stopped following me. They have made this a place for foreign gods. The people of Judah have burned sacrifices in this place to other gods. The people long ago did not worship those gods. Their ancestors did not worship them. These are new gods from other countries. The kings of Judah filled this place with the blood of innocent children.

Jeremiah 2:34

You have blood on your hands! It is the blood of poor, innocent people. You did not catch them breaking into your house. You killed them for no reason!

Psalm 106:38

They killed their innocent sons and daughters and offered them to the false gods of Canaan. So the land was polluted with the sin of murder.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Then innocent people will not be killed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And you will not be guilty for any such deaths.

Numbers 35:33

“Don’t let your land be polluted with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.

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 24:5

The other things that Jehoiakim did are written in the book, The History of the Kings of Judah.

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.’

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, your eyes look only for what benefits yourself. You are always thinking about getting more for yourself. You are willing to kill innocent people. You are willing to steal things from other people.”

Jeremiah 32:31

“From the time that Jerusalem was built until now, the people of this city have made me angry. This city has made me very angry, so I must remove it from my sight.

Ezekiel 24:6

“‘So this is what the Lord GOD says: It will be bad for Jerusalem. It will be bad for that city of murderers. Jerusalem is like a pot with rust on it, and those spots of rust cannot be removed! That pot is not clean, and the rust cannot be removed, so the meat must be thrown out and not divided among the priests.

Deuteronomy 29:19

“Some people might hear these curses and comfort themselves by saying, ‘I will continue doing what I want. Nothing bad will happen to me.’ But that attitude will bring total disaster.

2 Kings 23:26

But the Lord did not stop being angry with the people of Judah. He was still angry with them for everything that Manasseh had done.

Proverbs 6:17

eyes that show pride, tongues that tell lies, hands that kill innocent people,

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!

Ezekiel 24:8

I put her blood on the bare rock so that it would not be covered. I did this so that people would become angry and punish her for killing innocent people.