2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.


In Context

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord , following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.

4 He built altars in the temple of the Lord , of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my Name."

2nd Kings 21:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the idols of the nations, which the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2He 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:2and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:2And 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.