2 Kings 21:2

World English Bible (2000)

He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

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  • Lev 18:25-29 : 25 The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. 26 You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; 27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled); 28 that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
  • Deut 12:31 : 31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
  • 2 Kgs 16:2-4 : 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
  • 2 Kgs 21:7 : 7 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
  • 2 Kgs 22:17 : 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.'"
  • 2 Chr 33:2-4 : 2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh 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 the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. 4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."
  • 2 Chr 36:14 : 14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
  • Jer 15:4 : 4 I will cause them to be tossed back and forth among all the 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 has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 33:1-3
    3 verses
    95%

    1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

    2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh 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 the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

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

    20He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father.

    21He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

    22and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.

  • 1 Kgs 21:26
    83%

    26He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 21:11
    82%

    11"Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;

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

    52He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, 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, in which he made Israel to sin.

    53He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
    80%

    9But they didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 13:2
    79%

    2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.

  • 2 Chr 33:9
    79%

    9Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 21:3
    79%

    3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    79%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:32
    78%

    32He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 21:1
    78%

    1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.

  • 2 Kgs 15:18
    78%

    18He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:28
    78%

    28He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 15:24
    78%

    24He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 28:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

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

    3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 15:9
    78%

    9He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Chr 33:22
    77%

    22He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.

  • Jer 52:2
    77%

    2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 2 Kgs 14:24
    77%

    24He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 23:37
    77%

    37He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • 2 Kgs 24:9
    77%

    9He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 3:2
    76%

    2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

  • 2 Kgs 13:11
    76%

    11He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; he didn't depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked therein.

  • 2 Kgs 21:6
    76%

    6He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

  • 2 Kgs 17:2
    76%

    2He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, yet not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

  • Judg 2:11
    76%

    11The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals;

  • 2 Kgs 24:19
    75%

    19He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

  • 1 Kgs 15:26
    75%

    26He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 17:8
    74%

    8and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

  • 2 Kgs 18:3
    74%

    3He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

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

    15because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.'"

    16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

    17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Chr 33:6
    74%

    6He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

  • 2 Chr 29:2
    73%

    2He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

  • 2 Kgs 23:13
    73%

    13The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

  • 2 Kgs 8:18
    73%

    18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife. He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.

  • 2 Chr 22:4
    73%

    4He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

  • 2 Kgs 15:3
    73%

    3He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, 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 made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray.

  • 1 Kgs 15:34
    73%

    34He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kgs 22:2
    72%

    2He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

  • 2 Kgs 15:34
    72%

    34He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.