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2 Kings 21 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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2 Kings 21 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
מְנַשֶּׁה Mᵉnashsheh H4519 7 Menashsheh
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 8 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem
אָמוֹן ʼÂmôwn H526 5 Amon
מָלַךְ mâlak H4427 7 reign, ascend the throne
אָב ʼâb H1 8 father
רַע raʻ H7451 7 bad, evil
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 6 Jehudah

How preachers through history handled this text

5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“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.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 21:19–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — 2 Kgs 21:1
  • Samaria 1 — 2 Kgs 21:13
  • Egypt — 2 Kgs 21:15

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