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

20He did what the Lord considered evil, as his father Manasseh had done. 21He lived like his father in every way and worshiped and prayed to the idols his father had worshiped. He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and didn’t live the Lord’s way. 23Amon’s officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace. 24Then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

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 do this because they have abandoned me and sacrificed to other gods in order to make me furious. Therefore, my burning anger directed at this place will never be extinguished.’ ”
• Deuteronomy 32:15Jeshurun got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.
• 1 Kings 11:33I will do this because he has abandoned me and worshiped Astarte (the goddess of the Sidonians), Chemosh (the god of Moab), and Milcom (the god of Ammon). He has not followed my ways. He did not do what I consider right or keep my laws and decrees as his father David did.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.
• Jeremiah 2:13“My people have done two things wrong. They have abandoned me, the fountain of life-giving water. They have also dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
• Jonah 2:8Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty ⌞to you⌟.

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