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Thursday, August 14th, 2025
the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪下 21:9

但是他們沒有聽從。瑪拿西引誘他們去作壞事,比耶和華從以色列人面前消滅的外族人更厲害。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Influence;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Manasseh;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Manasseh;   Seducers;   Temptation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Manasseh, king of judah;   Zephaniah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manasseh (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baal;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Israel;   Manasseh;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Manasseh ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ha'ruz;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Crime;   High Place;   Seduce;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 们 却 不 听 从 。 玛 拿 西 引 诱 他 们 行 恶 , 比 耶 和 华 在 以 色 列 人 面 前 所 灭 的 列 国 更 甚 。

Contextual Overview

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was king fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 He did what the Lord said was wrong. He did the hateful things the other nations had done—the nations that the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of the Israelites. 3 Manasseh's father, Hezekiah, had destroyed the places where gods were worshiped, but Manasseh rebuilt them. He built altars for Baal, and he made an Asherah idol as Ahab king of Israel had done. Manasseh also worshiped all the stars of the sky and served them. 4 The Lord had said about the Temple, "I will be worshiped in Jerusalem," but Manasseh built altars in the Temple of the Lord . 5 He built altars to worship the stars in the two courtyards of the Temple of the Lord . 6 He made his own son pass through fire. He practiced magic and told the future by explaining signs and dreams, and he got advice from mediums and fortune-tellers. He did many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord angry. 7 Manasseh carved an Asherah idol and put it in the Temple. The Lord had said to David and his son Solomon about the Temple, "I will be worshiped forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel. 8 I will never again make the Israelites wander out of the land I gave their ancestors. But they must obey everything I have commanded them and all the teachings my servant Moses gave them." 9 But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them to do more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they hearkened: 2 Chronicles 36:16, Ezra 9:10, Ezra 9:11, Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:29, Nehemiah 9:30, Psalms 81:10, Daniel 9:6, Daniel 9:10, Daniel 9:11, Luke 13:34, John 15:22, James 4:17

seduced: 1 Kings 14:16, 2 Chronicles 33:9, Psalms 12:8, Proverbs 29:12, Hosea 5:11, Revelation 2:20

more evil: Ezekiel 16:47, Ezekiel 16:51, Ezekiel 16:52

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:21 - General 2 Kings 21:11 - above all 2 Chronicles 33:2 - like unto Job 34:30 - General Ezekiel 5:7 - neither have done Ezekiel 13:10 - seduced Ezekiel 16:29 - in the land Ezekiel 16:44 - As is

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.
Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.
Genesis 21:3
Abraham named his son Isaac, the son Sarah gave birth to.
Genesis 21:5
Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:23
So make a promise to me here before God that you will be fair with me and my children and my descendants. Be kind to me and to this land where you have lived as a stranger—as kind as I have been to you."
Genesis 21:24
And Abraham said, "I promise."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But they hearkened not,.... To the voice of God in his law by Moses, and were not obedient to it:

and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel: he set up more idols, and drew the people into more and greater idolatries, than the old Canaanites; and these were the more aggravated by having a law given to them, and prophets sent to instruct them in it, and by the benefits and blessings bestowed upon them by the lawgiver, which laid them under greater obligations to him; see Jeremiah 2:11.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

During the long reign of Manasseh idolatry in all manner of varied forms took a hold upon the Jewish people such as had never been known before. Compare Jeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 7:31; Ezekiel 23:37; Zephaniah 1:5. The corruption of morals kept pace with the degradation of religion. Compare 2 Kings 23:7; Zephaniah 3:1-3; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 5:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 21:9. Seduced them to do more evil — He did all he could to pervert the national character, and totally destroy the worship of the true God; and he succeeded.


 
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