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**Manasseh** = forgetting. So named because God had made Hezekiah forget his troubles (compare Joseph, [Genesis 41:51](../../../kjv/genesis/41/51) ). A sad name for him who became the worst of Judah's kings. His name appears second in a list of kings who brought gifts to Esar-haddon.
**twelve years.** Therefore not born till the third of Hezekiah's fifteen added years. See note on [2 Kings 20:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/18) .
**Hephzi-bah** = my delight is in her. Compare reference to the marriage in [Isaiah 62:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/62/4) . A prophecy, given at the time of Hezekiah, foretelling a happier time; even the "good" of [2 Kings 20:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/19) , and note.

**did. evil** = did the evil. Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 . Generally associated with idolatry.
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**heathen** = nations
**children** = sons.

**the high places.** Restoring what his father had destroyed ([2 Kings 18:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/4) , [2 Kings 18:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/22) ).
**a grove** = an ' *Ashe* ra *h* . See note on [Exodus 34:18](../../../kjv/exodus/34/18) . App-42 .
**as** = according as.
**did Ahah** See [2 Kings 11:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/18) , and compare [1 Kings 16:31](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/31) , [1 Kings 16:32](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/32) .
**the host of heaven.** Never before done in Judah. Compare [Deuteronomy 4:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/19) ; [Deuteronomy 17:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/3) .

**two courts.** See note on [1 Kings 7:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/12) .

**his son.** Son put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), App-6 , for his sons. Compare [2 Chronicles 33:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/6) .
**pass through the fire.** As Ahaz had done ([2 Kings 16:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/16/3) ; Compare [2 Kings 23:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/10) . [Deuteronomy 18:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/10) ). The name of Moloch was common at this time ([Zephaniah 1:5](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/5) ).
**observed times.** Compare [Deuteronomy 18:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/10) .
**used enchantments.** The same as modern spiritism. Compare [Leviticus 19:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/31) .[Deuteronomy 18:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/10) .
**familiar spirits.** Hebrew a familiar spirit. See note on [Leviticus 19:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/31) .
**wizards** = mediums.
**wickedness.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 . Same word as 'evil', [2 Kings 21:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/2) .
**Him.** Some codices, with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Him" in text.

**a graven image of the grove** = a carved *'Asherah* ([2 Kings 21:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/3) ). Removed by Josiah ([2 Kings 23:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/6) ). See App-42 .

**the feet.** Figure of speech *Pleonasm.*
**move** = wander.
**My servant Moses.** See note on [Numbers 12:7](../../../kjv/numbers/12/7) .

**seduced.** Not said of any previous king. Compare [Jeremiah 15:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/4) .
**do more evil** = do the evil more.

**by** = through. Hebrew by the hand of. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause).

**done** = made.
**Amorites.** One of the seven nations of Canaan, descendants of the *Nephilim.* App-23 and App-25 .
**idols** = filthy, or manufactured idols.

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**Behold** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**both his ears, &c.** Compare [1 Samuel 3:11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/11) .

**the line . . . the plummet.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of the Cause), for what is measured by them.
**wipe . . . wipeth. . . wiping.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton* , emphasizing the completeness of the work.

**remnant.** Compare [2 Kings 19:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/30) . Jerusalem survived the calamities of [2 Kings 18:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/13) , but would not survive those that were coming.

**innocent blood.** Tradition says that Isaiah was one who suffered martyrdom (Jos. *Ant* . x. [2 Kings 3:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/1) ).

**the rest.** Compare [2 Chronicles 33:12-19](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/12-19) . His captivity in Babylon, &c.
**sin that he sinned** = his great sin. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.*
**are they not written . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*

**slept with his fathers.** His father was the best of Judah's kings, and he was the worst. See note on [Deuteronomy 31:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/16) .
**in the garden.** Not in the sepulchres of the kings.

**Jotbah.** Compare [Numbers 33:33](../../../kjv/numbers/33/33) .[Deuteronomy 10:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/7) .

**which he did.** Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "and all that which he did".

**he was buried** = one buried him. But some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and they buried him".
**sepulchre.** Hebrew. *keber,* a (not "the") grave, or tomb. Compare [2 Kings 22:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/20) .

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