2 Kings 21:21
◄  2 Kings 21:21  ►
New International Version (©2011)
He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped.

English Standard Version (©2001)
He walked in all the way in which his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshiped them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served the idols his father had served, and he worshiped them.

International Standard Version (©2012)
because he completely adopted his father's lifestyle, serving the same idols his father had served and worshipped.

NET Bible (©2006)
He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He lived like his father in every way and worshiped and prayed to the idols his father had worshiped.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

American King James Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

American Standard Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he walked in all the way in which his father had walked: and he served the abominations which his father had served, and he adored them;

Darby Bible Translation
and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them;

English Revised Version
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

World English Bible
He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:

Young's Literal Translation
and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

21:19-26 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 persist in refusing to walk in his ways.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 21. - And he walked in all the way that his father walked in. There was not a single one among the early wickednesses of Manasseh which Amen did not imitate. The details of Josiah's reformation (2 Kings 23:4-24) show that under Amon

(1) the Asherah or "grove" maintained its place in the temple building;

(2) the two idolatrous altars stood in the two courts;

(3) the temple was the scene of the worship of Baal, Ashtoreth, and the host of heaven;

(4) the unchaste priestesses of the Syrian goddess, with the male partners in their guilt, were lodged in houses close by the house of the Lord;

(5) chariots and horses dedicated to the sun were maintained at one of the temple gates;

(6) the fire of Tophet burnt continually in the valley of Hinnom, and children were there "passed through the fire to Moloch;"

(7) an idolatrous worship held possession of all the high places all ever Judaea and Samaria, and idolatrous priests, deriving their appointment from the king, burnt incense in the high places to Baal, to the sun, the moon, the planets, and all the host of heaven; and

(8) magic and necromancy were practiced openly under royal sanction throughout the length and breadth of the land. And served the idols that his father served - as Baal, Ashtoreth, Moloch, the Asherah, and others - and worshipped them.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, 2 Chronicles 33:22.

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Amon's Evil Reign in Judah
19Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. 21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: …

2 Kings 21:11 "Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.
2 Kings 21:20 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
2 Kings 21:22 He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.
2 Kings 23:24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the LORD.