2 Kings 21 · Verse 11

2 Kings 21:11

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
2 Kings 21:11, King James Version

2 Kings 21:11 in other translations

BSB“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
WEB“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;
ASVBecause Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;
YLT‘Because that Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations--he hath done evil above all that the Amorites have done who are before him, and causeth also Judah to sin by his idols;
DARBYBecause Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;
BBEBecause Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amorites before him, and making Judah do evil with his false gods,
WebsterBecause Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

What does 2 Kings 21:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 21:10-17

10-17. And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets--These were Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Isaiah. Their counsels, admonitions, and prophetic warnings, were put on record in the national chronicles (2Ch 33:18) and now form part of the sacred canon.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 21:10-18

Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem. The words used represent the city emptied and utterly desolate, yet not destroyed thereby, but cleansed, and to be kept for the future dwelling of the Jews: forsaken, yet not finally, and only as to outward privileges, for individual believers were preserved in that visitation. The Lord will cast off any professing people who dishonour him by their crimes, but never will…

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2 Kings 21:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַעַן֩ya.'AnbecauseH3282
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834
עָשָׂ֜ה'a.Sahhe has doneH6213
מְנַשֶּׁ֤הme.na.ShehManassehH4519
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
הַתֹּעֵב֣וֹתha.to.'e.Votthe abominationsH8441
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
הֵרַ֕עhe.Ra'he has done evilH7489
מִכֹּ֛לmi.Kolmore than allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey didH6213
הָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.Rithe Amorite[s]H567
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
לְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.Nav[was] <to> before himH6440
וַיַּחֲטִ֥אvai.ya.cha.Ti'and he has caused to sinH2398
גַֽם\־gam-alsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו\׃\ \פbe.gi.lu.Lavwith idols hisH1544

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Cross references for 2 Kings 21:11

  • 1 Kings 21:26

    And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 24:3-4

    Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

  • 2 Kings 21:9

    But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 15:4

    And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kings 15:30

    Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

  • Ezekiel 16:45

    Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

  • 2 Kings 21:16

    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 14:16

    And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  • Ezekiel 16:3

    And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

  • 2 Kings 21:21

    And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

  • 2 Kings 23:26-27

    Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

  • Genesis 15:16

    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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Because.
23:26,27; 24:3,4; Jer 15:4
above all.
9; 1Ki 21:26; Eze 16:3,45
made Judah.
9; 1Ki 14:16; 15:30; 16:19

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Context

  • 2 Kings 21:10

    And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

  • 2 Kings 21:11

    Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

  • 2 Kings 21:12

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

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2 Kings 21:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por cuanto Manasés rey de Judá ha hecho estas abominaciones, y ha hecho más mal que todo lo que hicieron los Amorrheos que fueron antes de él, y también ha hecho pecar á Judá en sus ídolos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Parce que Manassé, roi de Juda, a pratiqué ces abominations, et a fait le mal plus que tout ce qu’ont fait les Amoréens qui ont été avant lui, et qu’il a fait pécher aussi Juda par ses idoles,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Weil Manasse, der König von Juda, diese Greuel verübt und übel getan hat, mehr als alles, was die Amoriter getan haben, die vor ihm gewesen sind, und auch Juda durch seine Götzen sündigen gemacht hat,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia fecit Manasses rex Juda abominationes istas pessimas, super omnia quæ fecerunt Amorrhæi ante eum, et peccare fecit etiam Judam in immunditiis suis: