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2 Kings 21:21

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amon;   Children;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - False;   Idolatry;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Idolatry;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Manasseh;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Israel;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amon, King of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served the idols his father had served, and he bowed in worship to them.
Hebrew Names Version
He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
King James Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
English Standard Version
He walked in all the way in which his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshiped them.
New Century Version
He lived in the same way his father had lived: he worshiped the idols his father had worshiped, and he bowed down before them.
New English Translation
He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.
Amplified Bible
He walked in all the [evil] ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them;
New American Standard Bible
For he walked entirely in the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.
World English Bible
He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
For hee walked in all the way that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he walked in all the way that his father had walked and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them.
Berean Standard Bible
He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
Contemporary English Version
Amon worshiped the idols Manasseh had made and
Complete Jewish Bible
He followed entirely the manner of life of his father, serving the idols that his father served and worshipping them.
Darby Translation
and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them;
Easy-to-Read Version
Amon lived just as his father had lived. He worshiped and served the same idols his father had worshiped.
George Lamsa Translation
And he walked in all the ways that his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshipped them;
Good News Translation
he imitated his father's actions, and he worshiped the idols that his father had worshiped.
Lexham English Bible
He walked in all of the way which his father had walked, and he served the idols which his father had served and bowed down to them.
Literal Translation
and walked in all the way that his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and bowed himself to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and walked in all the waye which his father walked, and serued the Idols which his father had serued, and worshipped them,
American Standard Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
Bible in Basic English
He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And walked in al the way that his father walked in, and serued the idols that his father serued, and worshipped them:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them.
King James Version (1611)
And he walked in all the wayes that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols which his father served, and worshipped them.
English Revised Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he yede in al the weie, bi which his fader hadde go, and he seruide to vnclennessis, to whiche his fadir hadde seruyd, and he worschipide tho; and he forsook the Lord God of hise fadris,
Update Bible Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
New King James Version
So he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.
New Living Translation
He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped.
New Life Bible
He walked in all the ways that his father had walked. He worshiped false gods like his father had.
New Revised Standard
He walked in all the way in which his father walked, served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea he walked in all the way wherein, his father, had walked, - and served the manufactured gods that, his father, had served, and bowed down to them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he walked in all the way in which his father had walked: and he served the abominations which his father had served, and he adored them.
Revised Standard Version
He walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
Young's Literal Translation
and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them.

Contextual Overview

19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He was king for two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz. She was from Jotbah. In God 's opinion he lived an evil life, just like his father Manasseh. He followed in the footsteps of his father, serving and worshiping the same foul gods his father had served. He totally deserted the God of his ancestors; he did not live God 's way. 23Amon's servants revolted and assassinated him, killing the king right in his own palace. But the people, in their turn, killed the conspirators against King Amon and then crowned Josiah, Amon's son, as king. 25The rest of the life and times of Amon is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. They buried Amon in his burial plot in the Garden of Uzza. His son Josiah became the next king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:12 - which Manasseh 2 Kings 23:32 - General

Cross-References

Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent them off from the Wilderness of Paran at the command of God . All of them were leaders in Israel, one from each tribe. These were their names: from Reuben: Shammua son of Zaccur from Simeon: Shaphat son of Hori from Judah: Caleb son of Jephunneh from Issachar: Igal son of Joseph from Ephraim: Hoshea son of Nun from Benjamin: Palti son of Raphu from Zebulun: Gaddiel son of Sodi from Manasseh (a Joseph tribe): Gaddi son of Susi from Dan: Ammiel son of Gemalli from Asher: Sethur son of Michael from Naphtali: Nahbi son of Vophsi from Gad: Geuel son of Maki.
Numbers 13:26
They presented themselves before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation of the People of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. Then they told the story of their trip: "We went to the land to which you sent us and, oh! It does flow with milk and honey! Just look at this fruit! The only thing is that the people who live there are fierce, their cities are huge and well fortified. Worse yet, we saw descendants of the giant Anak. Amalekites are spread out in the Negev; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites hold the hill country; and the Canaanites are established on the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan." Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, "Let's go up and take the land—now. We can do it." But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."
1 Samuel 25:1
Samuel died. The whole country came to his funeral. Everyone grieved over his death, and he was buried in his hometown of Ramah. Meanwhile, David moved again, this time to the wilderness of Maon.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in,.... In his wicked way, his idolatry, witchcraft, and murders;

and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them; Baal, Ashtoreth, and all the host of heaven, and all the carved images his father made, which it seems he only removed, but did not break in pieces, 2 Chronicles 33:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At Manasseh’s death, the idolatrous party, held in some check during his later years 2 Chronicles 33:15-17, recovered the entire direction of affairs, and obtained authority from Amon to make once more all the changes which Manasseh had made in the early part of his reign. Hence, we find the state of things at Josiah’s accession 2 Kings 23:4-14; Zephaniah 1:4-12; Zephaniah 3:1-7, the exact counterpart of that which had existed under Manasseh.


 
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