2 Kings 21:2

New Living Translation

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, following the detestable practices of the pagan nations that the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:2

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not to the same extent as the kings of Israel who ruled before him.

2 Kings 21:11

“King Manasseh of Judah has done many detestable things. He is even more wicked than the Amorites, who lived in this land before Israel. He has caused the people of Judah to sin with his idols.

2 Kings 21:16

Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the Lord’s sight.

2 Kings 21:20

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done.

2 Kings 21:21

He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped.

2 Kings 21:7

Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the Lord had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.

2 Kings 22:17

For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will burn against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

2 Kings 23:32

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestors had done.

2 Kings 24:9

Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as his father had done.

2 Chronicles 36:14

Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Better to have wisdom than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

Isaiah 66:4

I will send them great trouble— all the things they feared. For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. They deliberately sinned before my very eyes and chose to do what they know I despise.”

Jeremiah 15:4

Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Ezekiel 11:12

and you will know that I am the Lord. For you have refused to obey my decrees and regulations; instead, you have copied the standards of the nations around you.”

Ezekiel 16:51

“Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you.

Ezekiel 22:3

and give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols, filthy and foul—

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the Lord your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.