Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 21:21
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
21. served the idols that his father served ] i.e. Making again the same sort of graven images, which we must suppose Manasseh in his repentance had broken in pieces.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
At Manassehs death, the idolatrous party, held in some check during his later years 2Ch 33:15-17, recovered the entire direction of affairs, and obtained authority from Amon to make once more all the changes which Manasseh had made in the early part of his reign. Hence, we find the state of things at Josiahs accession 2Ki 23:4-14; Zep 1:4-12; Zep 3:1-7, the exact counterpart of that which had existed under Manasseh.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in,…. In his wicked way, his idolatry, witchcraft, and murders;
and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them; Baal, Ashtoreth, and all the host of heaven, and all the carved images his father made, which it seems he only removed, but did not break in pieces, 2Ch 33:22.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Ki 21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
Ver. 21. And served the idols. ] It was a fault in Manasseh that he had not burnt them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: 2Ki 23:12 – which Manasseh 2Ki 23:32 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 21:21. He (Amon) walked in the way, &c. He revived that idolatry which Manasseh, in the latter end of his reign, had put down. Those who set bad examples, if they repent themselves, cannot be sure that they whom their example has drawn into sin will repent; it is often otherwise.