He did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
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- WEB He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- KJV But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
- BSB And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- NKJV But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
- NLT 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.
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Manasseh does evil in God's sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations God had driven out. He led Judah back into the very sins that brought judgment on Canaan.
Overview
By adopting pagan abominations, Manasseh reverses his father Hezekiah's reforms and provokes the Lord (cf. Deuteronomy 18:9-12). The Chronicler measures him against the nations whom God expelled, signaling that Judah now risks the same fate. The verse underscores how quickly covenant blessing can be forfeited through unfaithfulness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 2 Chr 28:3Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- Deut 18:9When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of those nations.
- Jer 15:4I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
- 2 Kgs 21:2He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- Lev 20:22–23“‘You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.
- Ezek 11:12You will know that I am Yahweh, for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.”’”
- Deut 18:14For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
- 2 Chr 36:14Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted Yahweh’s house which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
- Deut 12:31You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
- 2 Kgs 21:9But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
- 2 Kgs 17:11and there they burned incense in all the high places, as the nations whom Yahweh carried away before them did; and they did wicked things to provoke Yahweh to anger;
- Ezra 9:14shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant, nor any to escape?
- Lev 18:24–30“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
- 2 Kgs 17:15They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.
- Ps 106:35–40but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
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