2 Kings 21:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • Lev 18:25-29 : 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.
  • Deut 12:31 : 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2-4 : 2 Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • 2 Kgs 21:7 : 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kgs 22:17 : 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
  • 2 Chr 33:2-4 : 2 But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
  • 2 Chr 36:14 : 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
  • Jer 15:4 : 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [that] which he did in Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 16:51 : 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 33:1-3
    3 verses
    95%

    1¶ Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

    2But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

    3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  • 2 Kgs 21:20-22
    3 verses
    86%

    20And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.

    21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

    22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    83%

    26And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all [things] as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 21:11
    82%

    11Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

  • 1 Kgs 22:52-53
    2 verses
    80%

    52And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

    53For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
    80%

    9But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    79%

    2And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

  • 2 Chr 33:9
    79%

    9So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, [and] to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
    79%

    3For 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.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    79%

    3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    78%

    32And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:1
    78%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    78%

    18And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    78%

    28And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    78%

    24And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

    3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    78%

    9And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 33:22
    77%

    22But he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

  • Jer 52:2
    77%

    2And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    77%

    24And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    77%

    37And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    77%

    9And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    76%

    2And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    76%

    11And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: [but] he walked therein.

  • 2 Kgs 21:6
    76%

    6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    76%

    2And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.

  • Judg 2:11
    76%

    11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    75%

    19And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    75%

    26And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 17:8
    74%

    8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    74%

    3And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

  • 2 Kgs 21:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15Because they have done [that which was] evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

    16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.

    17Now 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?

  • 2 Chr 33:6
    74%

    6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    73%

    2And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    73%

    13And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    73%

    18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 22:4
    73%

    4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

  • 2 Chr 21:11
    73%

    11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah [thereto].

  • 1 Kgs 15:34
    73%

    34And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    72%

    2And 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 Kgs 15:34
    72%

    34And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.