The Meaning of 2 Kings 21:21 Explained

2 Kings 21:21

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

YLT: and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,

Darby: 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;

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 2 Kings 21:21 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 21:16-26 - Like Father, Like Son
Manasseh shed much innocent blood, and among others, tradition has it that Isaiah was sawn asunder at his command, Hebrews 11:37. Amon followed in his father's steps. Here is the horror of sin! A man may repent and turn to God, but he cannot undo the effect of his evil course on those whom he has seduced. Probably, on his conversion to God, Manasseh used all the power at his command to induce Amon to avoid the sins of his own early life and to follow the example of his later years. But Amon would not listen. "He walked in all the way that his father walked in!"
No man sins by himself. The evil of his deeds is far-reaching. When once you have scattered thistledown-as you have sown, so will you reap. Christ's heaviest denunciations were launched against those who put an occasion to fall in the way of one of his little ones. God forgive us, if we are making life's battle harder for any soul, especially for our own child. "Take the safe path, father!" said a little boy as they were climbing a steep place. "Remember that I am coming." [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 21

1  Manasseh's reign
3  His great idolatry
10  His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah
17  Amon succeeds him
19  Amon's wicked reign
23  He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by the people,
26  Josiah is made king

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 21:21 mean?

So he walked in all the ways that had walked his father and he served - the idols that had served his father and worshiped them
וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּכָל־ הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־ הָלַ֣ךְ אָבִ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת־ הַגִּלֻּלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לָהֶֽם

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ  So  he  walked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בְּכָל־  in  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ  the  ways 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
אֲשֶׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הָלַ֣ךְ  had  walked 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
אָבִ֑יו  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד  and  he  served 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַגִּלֻּלִים֙  the  idols 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גִּלּוּלִים  
Sense: idols.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עָבַ֣ד  had  served 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
אָבִ֔יו  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ  and  worshiped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁחָה  
Sense: to bow down.

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