2 Kings 21:1-26

21:1-7 | Manasseh was the worst of the Judean kings (2 Chron. 33:1-9). Besides killing a mass of innocent people, including the prophet Isaiah, he rebuilt the high places so idolatry could resume, worshiped all the host of heaven (sun, moon, stars) rather than God (Deut. 4:19; 17:2-7), and immersed himself in occult practices and human sacrifice. As a final act of perversity, he brought idols into God’s temple. Even so, 2 Chronicles reports that when Manasseh prayed and repented, God heard him (2 Chron. 33:12-16).

21:9 | Those who pay no attention to the words of God will be seduced by evil (Prov. 29:12).

21:10-15 | The measuring line indicates the city would be assessed by God and, like a dangerous building today, would be condemned.