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

20Amon did things that the Lord said were evil, as his father Manasseh had done. 21He lived in the same bad way as his father did. He bent down low to worship the useless idols that his father had worshipped. He turned away from the Lord, the God that his ancestors worshipped. He did not obey the Lord's teaching. 23Amon's officers decided to kill him. They killed him in his palace. 24Then the people of Judah punished all Amon's murderers with death. They chose his son Josiah to be king after him.

2 Kings 21:22 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he forsookעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• not in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for 2 Kings 21:22

• 2 Kings 22:17I will send this trouble because they have turned away from me. They have offered sacrifices to other gods. I am very angry with them because of all the idols that they have made for themselves. My anger is like a fire that is burning and nobody can stop it!”
• Deuteronomy 32:15The Israelites became rich and fat. They turned against God. They were full of good food, but they turned away from God. He was the one who made them. He was the strong Rock who kept them safe. But they no longer respected him.
• 1 Kings 11:33I will take the kingdom away from Solomon because he and his people have turned away from me. They have started to worship Ashtoreth, the female god of the Sidonian people. They also worship Chemosh, the god of the Moabite people, and Molech, the god of the Ammonite people. They have not lived in a way that pleases me. They have not done the things that I say are right. They have not obeyed my rules and my laws. They have not lived in a good way, as Solomon's father David did.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon, my son, keep near to your father's God. Be happy to serve him faithfully in every way. The Lord knows what you are thinking. He understands all your thoughts. If you turn to him, you will find him. But if you turn away from him, he will leave you alone for ever.
• Jeremiah 2:13My people have done two evil things: I give them life, like a spring of fresh water, but they have turned away from me. Instead, they have tried to get water for themselves. They have dug holes in the ground to store it. But those holes cannot hold the water. It quickly runs away.
• Jonah 2:8Idols cannot help. People who worship them have turned away from a faithful God.

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