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He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
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Defiling God's Holy House
Commentators highlight the extreme nature of Manasseh's sin. He didn't just worship an idol; he placed it in the very Temple where God had explicitly promised to put His name 'for ever.' This was a direct, public, and profound act of defiance, desecrating the most sacred space in Israel and replacing God's presence with a man-made image.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The idol—that is, the Asherah (see the note on 2 Kings 21:7), which receives here (and in Ezekiel 8:3, 8:5) the somewhat unusual…
19th Century
Anglican
And he set ... had made. — And he set the carven image of the idol which he had made. “…
Baptist
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this hous…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:7)
We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and it is a memorable instance of the riches of God's pardoning mercy and the powe…
