2 Kings 24:3-4

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

3 Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, o for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4 and also p for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:11
    Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols.
    2 Kings 23:26
    Still the Lord did not turn from the burning of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:16
    Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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