2 Kings 21:1

CHAPTER XXI

Manasseh succeeds his father Hezekiah, reigns fifty-five years,

and fills Jerusalem and the whole land with abominable idolatry

and murder, 1-9.

God denounces the heaviest judgments against him and the land,

10-15.

Manasseh's acts and death, 16-18.

Amon his son succeeds him, and reigns two years; is equally

profligate with his father; is slain by his servants, and

buried in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigns in his

stead, 19-26.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXI

Verse 2 Kings 21:1. Manasseh was twelve years old] He was born about three years after his father's miraculous cure; he was carried captive to Babylon, repented, was restored to his kingdom, put down idolatry, and died at the age of sixty-seven years. See 2 Chronicles 33:1.