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2 Kings 21:18

21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. ¶

21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

What does 2 Kings 21:18 mean?

2 Kings 21:18 is a verse in the book of 2 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מְנַשֶּׁה (Mᵉnashsheh), שָׁכַב (shâkab), אָב (ʼâb). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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ManassehמְנַשֶּׁהMᵉnashsheh/men-ash-sheh'/H4519Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
sleptשָׁכַבshâkab/shaw-kab'/H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
with
his
fathers,אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
and
was
buriedקָבַרqâbar/kaw-bar'/H6912to inter
in
the
gardenגַּןgan/gan/H1588a garden (as fenced)
of
his
own
house,בַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
in
the
gardenגַּןgan/gan/H1588a garden (as fenced)
of
Uzza:עֻזָּאʻUzzâʼ/ooz-zaw'/H5798Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites
and
AmonאָמוֹןʼÂmôwn/aw-mone'/H526Amon, the name of three Israelites
his
sonבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
reignedמָלַךְmâlak/maw-lak'/H4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
in
his
stead.

Commentary on 2 Kings 21:18

HENRY_FULL · 2 Kings 21:18
This chapter is wholly taken up with the reign of Ahaz; and we have quite enough of it, unless it were better. He had a good father, and a better son, and yet was himself one of the worst of the kings of Judah. I. He was a notorious idolater, ver. 1-4 . II. With the treasures of the temple, as well as his own, he hired the king of Assyria to invade Syria and Israel, ver. 5-9 . III. He took pattern from an idol's altar which he saw at Damascus for a new altar in God's temple, ver. 10-16 . IV. He abused and embezzled the furniture of the temple, ver. 17, 18 . And so his story ends, ver. 19, 20 . The Reign of Ahaz. ( b. c. 726.)

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 3:14

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

1 Kings 9:4

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

1 Kings 11:4

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15:3

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

2 Kings 14:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

2 Kings 15:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2 Kings 15:34

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

2 Kings 18:3

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

2 Kings 22:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

2 Chronicles 17:3

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; of: or, of his father, and of David

2 Chronicles 29:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

2 Chronicles 34:2

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Chronicles 34:3

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

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2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. Josiah: Gr. Josias

Leviticus 14:47

And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

Leviticus 18:9

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Leviticus 20:11

And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Leviticus 22:13

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

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What does 2 Kings 21:18 say?

2 Kings 21:18 (King James Version) reads: "And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead."

Is 2 Kings 21:18 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Kings 21:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings.

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