CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR THE LAST GREAT REFORMATION 2 Kings 21:1 to 2 Kings 23:27 Good King Hezekiah was followed on the throne by the most wicked king to ever rule Judah. All the religious gains effected by Hezekiah were soon lost, and the nation plunged anew into idolatry and all its attendant evils... [ Continue Reading ]
I. THE REPROBATION AND REPENTANCE OF MANASSEH 21:1-18 Considering the length of his reign, very little is known about Manasseh. After a brief and somewhat general introduction to his reign (2 Kings 21:1-9), the author of Kings inserts a summary of the prophetic preaching during these days (2 Kings... [ Continue Reading ]
C. THE PROPHETIC PRONOUNCEMENT AGAINST JERUSALEM 21:10-15 TRANSLATION (10) And the LORD spoke by the hand of His prophets, saying, (11) Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done evil more than all which the Amorites that were before him had done, and has caused Judah... [ Continue Reading ]
C. CONCLUSION OF THE REIGN OF MANASSEH 21:16-18 TRANSLATION (16) And also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other, besides his sin in which he made Judah to do evil in the eyes of the LORD. (17) Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all wh... [ Continue Reading ]
II. THE ACCESSION AND ASSASSINATION OF AMON 21:19-26 TRANSLATION (19) Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and two years he reigned in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (20) And he did evil in the eyes of the LORD as Manasseh hi... [ Continue Reading ]