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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of 2 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Twelve years old was Ma·nasʹseh1 when he began to reign, and for fifty-five years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephʹzi·bah.2
  2. And he proceeded to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes,3 according to the detestable things of the nations4 that Jehovah had driven out from before the sons of Israel.
  3. So he built again the high places that Hez·e·kiʹah his father had destroyed,5 and set up altars to Baʹal and made a sacred pole, just as Aʹhab6 the king of Israel had done; and he began to bow7 down to all the army of the heavens8 and to serve[a] them.9
  4. And he built altars in the house of Jehovah,10 respecting which Jehovah had said: “In Jerusalem I shall put my name.”11
  5. And he went on to build altars to all the army of the heavens12 in two courtyards of the house of Jehovah.13
  6. And he made his own son pass through the fire,14 and he practiced magic15 and looked for omens and made spirit mediums16 and professional foretellers17 of events. He did on a large scale what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, to offend him.
  7. ¶ Further, he put the carved image18 of the sacred pole that he had made in the house19 of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solʹo·mon his son: “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I shall put my name to time indefinite.20
  8. And I shall not again make the foot of Israel wander from the ground that I gave to their forefathers,21 provided only they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them,22 even concerning all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”
  9. And they did not listen,23 but Ma·nasʹseh kept seducing them to do what was bad24 more than the nations25 whom Jehovah had annihilated from before the sons of Israel.
  10. ¶ And Jehovah kept speaking by means of his servants the prophets,26 saying:
  11. “For the reason that Ma·nasʹseh27 the king of Judah has done these detestable28 things, he has acted more wickedly than all that the Amʹor·ites29 did that were prior to him, and he proceeded to make even Judah sin30 with his dungy idols.
  12. That is why this is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, ‘Here I am bringing a calamity upon Jerusalem31 and Judah, of which if anyone hears both his ears will tingle.32
  13. And I shall certainly stretch upon Jerusalem the measuring line33 applied to Sa·marʹi·a34 and also the leveling instrument applied to the house of Aʹhab;35 and I shall simply wipe36 Jerusalem clean just as one wipes the handleless bowl clean, wiping it clean and turning it upside down.[b]37
  14. And I shall indeed forsake the remnant38 of my inheritance39 and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will simply become plunder and pillage to all their enemies,40
  15. for the reason that they did what was bad in my eyes and were continually offending me from the day that their forefathers came out from Egypt down to this day.’”41
  16. ¶ And there was also innocent blood that Ma·nasʹseh shed42 in very great quantity, until he had filled Jerusalem from end to end,[c] besides his sin with which he caused Judah to sin by doing what was bad in the eyes of Jehovah.43
  17. As for the rest of the affairs of Ma·nasʹseh and all that he did and his sin with which he sinned, are they not written in the book44 of the affairs of the days of the kings of Judah?
  18. Finally Ma·nasʹseh lay down with his forefathers45 and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzʹza;46 and Aʹmon his son began to reign in place of him.
  19. ¶ Twenty-two years old was Aʹmon47 when he began to reign, and for two years48 he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Me·shulʹle·meth the daughter of Haʹruz from Jotʹbah.
  20. And he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, just as Ma·nasʹseh his father had done.49
  21. And he kept walking in all the way that his father had walked,50 and he continued serving the dungy idols51 that his father had served and bowing down to them.
  22. Thus he left Jehovah52 the God of his forefathers, and he did not walk in the way of Jehovah.53
  23. Eventually servants of Aʹmon conspired against him and put the king to death54 in his own house.
  24. But the people of the land struck down all the conspirators55 against King Aʹmon. Then the people of the land made Jo·siʹah56 his son king in place of him.
  25. As for the rest of the affairs of Aʹmon, what he did, are they not written in the book57 of the affairs of the days of the kings of Judah?
  26. So they[d] buried him in his grave in the garden of Uzʹza;58 and Jo·siʹah59 his son began to reign in place of him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “and to worship (render sacred service to).” Heb., wai·ya·ʽavodhʹ.
  2. ^ Lit., “upon its face.”
  3. ^ Lit., “mouth to mouth.” Compare 10:21 ftn.
  4. ^ “They,” TLagardianLXXSyVg; M, “one (he).”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ch 3:13; 2Ch 33:1; Ec 10:16; Mt 1:10
  2. ^ Is 62:4
  3. ^ Le 18:28; De 28:15; 2Ch 33:2
  4. ^ Le 18:25; De 12:31; 2Ch 36:14; Eze 16:51
  5. ^ 2Ki 18:4, 22; 2Ch 32:12
  6. ^ 1Ki 16:32
  7. ^ De 4:19; 17:3; 2Ki 23:4
  8. ^ Jb 31:26
  9. ^ 2Ch 33:3
  10. ^ Je 32:34
  11. ^ De 12:5; 2Sa 7:13; 1Ki 8:29; 9:3; Ps 78:68; 132:13
  12. ^ Je 8:2; Eze 8:16
  13. ^ 1Ki 6:36; 7:12
  14. ^ 2Ch 33:6
  15. ^ Le 19:26
  16. ^ Le 20:27
  17. ^ De 18:11
  18. ^ Ps 97:7; 1Co 8:4
  19. ^ 2Ki 23:6
  20. ^ 1Ki 8:29; 2Ki 23:27; 2Ch 7:16
  21. ^ 1Ch 17:9; 2Ch 33:8
  22. ^ Le 26:3; De 28:1
  23. ^ 2Ch 36:16; Ezr 9:10
  24. ^ 2Ch 33:9; Pr 16:29; Eze 16:47
  25. ^ De 7:1
  26. ^ 2Ch 33:10; 36:15; Je 7:25; Mt 23:37
  27. ^ 2Ki 23:26; 24:3; Je 15:4
  28. ^ 1Ki 21:26
  29. ^ Ge 15:16; Le 18:25; Eze 16:3
  30. ^ Ec 9:18
  31. ^ 2Ki 22:16; Da 9:12; Mc 3:12
  32. ^ Je 19:3
  33. ^ 2Sa 8:2; Is 28:17; 34:11; La 2:8
  34. ^ 2Ki 17:6; Eze 23:33
  35. ^ 1Ki 21:21; 2Ki 10:11
  36. ^ Le 18:28
  37. ^ Je 25:9
  38. ^ 2Ki 17:23
  39. ^ Ex 19:5; De 32:9
  40. ^ Le 26:25; De 28:63; 2Pe 2:9
  41. ^ De 9:21; 31:29; Jg 2:13; Ps 106:36; Eze 20:4; Ac 7:53
  42. ^ Ge 9:6; Nu 35:33; 2Ki 24:4; Pr 6:17; Is 59:3; Je 2:34; Mt 23:30; Heb 11:37
  43. ^ 2Ch 33:9
  44. ^ 1Ki 14:19
  45. ^ 1Ki 2:10; 2Ki 20:21
  46. ^ 2Ki 21:26
  47. ^ 1Ch 3:14; Mt 1:10
  48. ^ 2Ch 33:21
  49. ^ Nu 32:14; 2Ch 33:22; Ac 7:51
  50. ^ 2Ki 21:3
  51. ^ Le 26:30; De 29:17; 2Ki 17:12; Je 10:15; 1Co 8:4
  52. ^ Ps 73:27
  53. ^ Jg 2:12; 2Ki 22:17; 1Ch 28:9; Je 2:13
  54. ^ Pr 28:2
  55. ^ Pr 5:22
  56. ^ 2Ch 33:25
  57. ^ 1Ki 14:19
  58. ^ 2Ki 21:18
  59. ^ Mt 1:10

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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