2 Kings 21:22

2 Kings 21:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)He forsook the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

Context of 2 Kings 21:22

20And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done; 21and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them; and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah. 23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

2 Kings 21:22 word by word

וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א הָלַ֖ךְ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for 2 Kings 21:22

• 2 Kings 22:17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
• Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked — Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; — He gave up God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• 1 Kings 11:33because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
• Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
• Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 21:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Now was a happy change from one of the worst, to one of the best of the kings of Judah. Once more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in their sins, all must perish who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22Amon ruled briefly from 642 to 640 BC and continued his father's evil ways. Manasseh's repentance and reforms were too late to influence Amon or the people of Judah. He abandoned the LORD: Amon completely rejected his faith (see also 2 Chronicles 33:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2419-24. Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign--This prince continued the idolatrous policy of his father; and, after an inglorious reign of two years, he was massacred by some of his own domestics. The people slew the regicide conspirators and placed his son Josiah on the throne.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 21:22

• Amon
• Backsliders
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Amon
• Kings, The Books of
• Prey
• Wipe
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Kings, Books of
• Manasses, the Prayer of
• Shebna

Commentaries on 2 Kings 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings