THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON 3. The high places, etc.] Manasseh not only restored the country sanctuaries which had been destroyed by Hezekiah as seats of corruption (see 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 18:22), and renewed the Baal worship practised by the house of Ahab (see 2 Kings 11:18, and cp. 1 Kings... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE TWO COURTS] If the view expressed in the note on 1 Kings 7:12 be correct, the two courts may be the inner (or upper) court immediately surrounding the Temple, and the court enclosing the Palace.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASS THROUGH THE FIRE] see on 2 Kings 16:3. For his son 2 Chronicles 33:6 has 'his children.' OBSERVED TIMES] RV 'practised augury': by the observation of the clouds, etc. FAMILIAR SPIRITS] RV 'them that had familiar spirits': such persons were believed to be animated by, or to have intercourse with... [ Continue Reading ]
A GRAVEN IMAGE OF THE GROVE] better, 'a carved Asherah.' This was placed in the Temple itself, whence it was removed by Josiah (2 Kings 23:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
MANASSEH SEDUCED THEM] The evil example of Manasseh and his court had a worse effect upon the people at large than that of any previous Judæan king, so that at a much later date the prophet Jeremiah declared that it was for what Manasseh did that the judgment announced by him was to come upon the na... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AMORITES] The inhabitants of Canaan had been destroyed for the very iniquities which Manasseh was now surpassing: cp. Deuteronomy 9:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LINE OF SAMARIA] The judgment denounced against Judah would be carried out with the same precision and exactness as the judgment that overtook the northern kingdom and the dynasty of Ahab. AS _a man_ WIPETH A DISH] i.e. Jerusalem would be finished and done with.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REMNANT] see 2 Kings 19:3. Jerusalem had survived the calamities that had been inflicted on the rest of Judah by the Assyrians (2 Kings 18:13), but it would not be delivered from the enemies that awaited it in the future.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE ACTS] see 2 Chronicles 33:12, where it is related that Manasseh was taken captive by the king of Assyria to Babylon, repented there of his sins, was restored to his kingdom, and instituted a religious reformation.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOTBAH] cp. Deuteronomy 10:7; Numbers 33:33.... [ Continue Reading ]