Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 21:20
And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
20. as his father Manasseh did ] We can see from the notice of Manasseh in 2Ch 33:17 that his repentance did not undo all the evil he had brought into the nation. ‘The people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only’. And on Amon, his son, the reformation of the father seems to have had no effect. ‘An ill guise is easily taken up, it is not so easily left. After a common depravation of religion, it is hard to return unto the first purity: as when a garment is deeply soiled it cannot without many lavers recover the former cleanness’ (Bp Hall).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,…. Committed idolatry:
as his father Manasseh did: he imitated him in that, but not in his repentance and humiliation, 2Ch 33:23.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Ki 21:20 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
Ver. 20. As his father Manasseh did. ] He imitated him in his sins, but not in his repentance. I have sinned with Peter, but not repented with Peter, said Stephen Gardiner, dying in despair. Amon humbled not himself as his father did, but increased the guilt. 2Ch 33:23 The Hebrews say that unto all other his sins he added this, that he burnt the books of the law.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as his father: 2Ki 21:2-7, Num 32:14, 2Ch 33:22, 2Ch 33:23, Mat 23:32, Act 7:51
Reciprocal: 2Ki 3:2 – wrought Psa 78:38 – did not