2 Kings 21:7-10

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

7 And the carved image of a Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, e and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. 8 k And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander anymore out of the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my servant Moses commanded them." 9 But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.

Manasseh's Idolatry Denounced

10 And the Lord said by his servants the prophets,

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:3
    For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:4
    And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:19
    And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!
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