He rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he erected altars for Baal and made a sacred post,asacred post See note at 13.6; cf. v. 7. as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshiped them,
Word-by-Word Analysis
וישב
318
ויבן
68
אתהבמות
854
אשר
501
אבד
7
חזקיהו
136
אביו
19
ויקם
156
מזבחת
457
לבעל
132
ויעש
386
אשרה
506
כאשר
521
עשה
375
אחאב
12
מלך
90
ישראל
541
וישתחו
730
לכלצבא
173
השמים
395
ויעבד
92
אתם
441
II Kings 21:4
Gematria: 3418
ובנהמזבחתבביתיהוהאשראמריהוהבירושלםאשיםאתשמי
and he built altars for them in the House of GOD, of which GOD had said, “I will establish My name in Jerusalem.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובנה
63
מזבחת
457
בבית
414
יהוה
26
אשר
501
אמר
241
יהוה
26
בירושלם
588
אשים
351
אתשמי
751
II Kings 21:5
Gematria: 2953
ויבןמזבחותלכלצבאהשמיםבשתיחצרותביתיהוה
He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the House of GOD.
He consigned his son to the fire; he practiced soothsaying and divination, and consulted ghosts and familiar spirits; he did much that was displeasing to GOD—and provoked anger.
The sculptured image of Asherahbsculptured image of Asherah See v. 4. that he made he placed in the House concerning which GOD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this House and in Jerusalem, which I chose out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My name forever.
And I will not again cause the feet of Israel to wander from the land that I gave to their ancestors, if they will but faithfully observe all that I have commanded them—all the Teachings with which My servant Moses charged them.”
“Because King Manasseh of Judah has done these abhorrent things—he has outdone in wickedness all that the Amorites did before his time—and because he led Judah to sin with his fetishes,
assuredly, thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I am going to bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that both ears of everyone who hears about it will tingle.
I will apply to Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the weights of the House of Ahab;capply to Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the weights of the House of Ahab I.e., I will bring the same fate upon it. I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down.
Moreover, Manasseh put so many innocent persons to death that he filled Jerusalem [with blood] from end to end—besides the sin he committed in causing Judah to do what was displeasing to GOD.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בןעשרים
672
ושתים
756
שנה
355
אמון
97
במלכו
98
ושתים
756
שנים
400
מלך
90
בירושלם
588
ושם
346
אמו
47
משלמת
810
בתחרוץ
706
מןיטבה
116
II Kings 21:20
Gematria: 2139
ויעשהרעבעינייהוהכאשרעשהמנשהאביו
He did what was displeasing to GOD, as his father Manasseh had done.