CHAPTER EXPLORER
2 Kings 21
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26 verses in KJV · 274 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 2 Kings 21 (KJV)
21:1 Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hephzibah.
21:2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Jeremiah
Approximate study chronology: c. 698 BC to c. 641 BC
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H3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 14 occurrencesH1121benson: child · 9 occurrencesH3389ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem · 8 occurrencesH1avfather · 8 occurrencesH7451rabad: harmful · 7 occurrencesH4519me.nash.shehManasseh · 7 occurrencesH4427ma.lakhto reign · 7 occurrencesH1004betplace · 7 occurrencesH4428me.lekhking · 6 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 6 occurrencesH3063ye.hu.dahJudah · 6 occurrencesH8147she.na.yimtwo · 5 occurrencesH5869a.yineye · 5 occurrencesH526a.monAmon · 5 occurrences
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