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<a href="/nasb_/2_kings/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, &#8220In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he put the graven image of Asherah, which he had made, in the house of which Yahweh had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. <a href="/amp/2_kings/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He made a carved image of the [goddess] Asherah and set it up in the house (temple), of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem [in the tribe of Judah], which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My Name forever. <a href="/csb/2_kings/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: “I will establish my name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon, &#8220I will establish My name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. <a href="/asv/2_kings/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever; <a href="/erv/2_kings/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: <a href="/gwt/2_kings/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Manasseh had an idol of Asherah made. Then he set it up in the temple, where the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, "I have chosen this temple and Jerusalem from all the tribes of Israel. I will put my name here forever. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> He placed the symbol of the goddess Asherah in the Temple, the place about which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon: "Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped. <a href="/isv/2_kings/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> He also erected the carved image of Asherah that he had made inside the Temple about which the LORD had spoken to David and to his son Solomon, "I will put my Name forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all of the tribes of Israel. <a href="/msb/2_kings/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, ?In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. <a href="/net/2_kings/21.htm">NET Bible</a> He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever; <a href="/wbt/2_kings/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: <a href="/web/2_kings/21.htm">World English Bible</a> He set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he sets the carved image of the Asherah that he made in the house of which YHWH said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My Name for all time; <a href="/ylt/2_kings/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he setteth the graven image of the shrine that he made in the house of which Jehovah said unto David and unto Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name -- to the age; <a href="/slt/2_kings/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will set up a carved thing of the image which he made in the house, of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will set my name forever:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> He set also an idol of the grove, which he had made, in the temple of the Lord: concerning which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son: In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Also, he set up an idol, of the sacred grove that he had made, in the temple of the Lord, about which the Lord said to David, and to his son Solomon: “In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/21.htm">New American Bible</a> The Asherah idol he had made, he placed in the LORD’s house, of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon: In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I shall set my name forever. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The carved image of Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he set up the image and the idol that he had made in the house of the LORD, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever; <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he placed the image of the dreaded thing that he had made in the house of LORD JEHOVAH, in the house of which LORD JEHOVAH had said to David and to Solomon his son: “In this his house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put my name there for eternity.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever; <a href="/sep/2_kings/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name for ever. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/21-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=7368" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/21.htm">Manasseh Reigns in Judah</a> …6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 7<a href="/hebrew/6459.htm" title="6459: pe·sel (N-msc) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">Manasseh even took the carved</a> <a href="/hebrew/842.htm" title="842: hā·’ă·šê·rāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Or masheyrah; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.">Asherah pole</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">he had made</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and set it up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bab·ba·yiṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in the temple,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">of which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">had said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and his son</a> <a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">Solomon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">“In this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bab·ba·yiṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">and in Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bā·ḥar·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">I have chosen</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">out of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šiḇ·ṭê (N-mpc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">the tribes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: ’ā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I will establish</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">My Name</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever.</a> 8I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">2 Chronicles 33:7</a> Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. <a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4-5</a> You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. / You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, <a href="/deuteronomy/4-15.htm">Deuteronomy 4:15-19</a> So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful / that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, / of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air, ... <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a> Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a> then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a> And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a> I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name. <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a> Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a> They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. <a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-7</a> Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. / He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Jeremiah 7:30</a> For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. <a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Jeremiah 32:34</a> They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. <a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">Ezekiel 8:5-6</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.” <a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10-11</a> So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15</a> So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:A.<a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a> And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.<a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">2 Chronicles 33:7,15</a> And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: … In this house.<a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4</a> And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.<a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">2 Kings 23:27</a> And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.<a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a> He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Ashe'rah</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-36.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-6.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-37.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Grove</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-6.htm">Image</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">Pole</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-26.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-31.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">Ashe'rah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-7.htm">Carved</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-27.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-2.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-7.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">Grove</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-10.htm">Image</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">Pole</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-13.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-62.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 21</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">Manasseh's reign.</a> 3. <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">His great idolatry.</a> 10. <a href="/2_kings/21-10.htm">His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah.</a> 17. <a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm">Amon succeeds him.</a> 19. <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Amon's wicked reign.</a> 23. <a href="/2_kings/21-23.htm">He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by the people, </a> 26. <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Josiah is made king.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Asherah was a Canaanite goddess associated with fertility and was often worshipped alongside Baal. The presence of an Asherah pole in the temple signifies a direct violation of the first commandment and a departure from monotheistic worship. This act reflects the syncretism prevalent during Manasseh's reign, where pagan practices were incorporated into the worship of Yahweh, leading to spiritual corruption.and set it up in the temple The temple in Jerusalem was the central place of worship for the Israelites, built by Solomon as a dwelling place for God's Name. By placing an Asherah pole in the temple, Manasseh desecrated this sacred space, which was meant to be holy and set apart for the worship of Yahweh alone. This act of defilement was a significant affront to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, highlighting the extent of Manasseh's apostasy.of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon The reference to David and Solomon underscores the temple's divine origin and purpose. God had made a covenant with David, promising that his lineage would endure and that his son Solomon would build a house for God's Name. This covenantal promise is recorded in <a href="/2_samuel/7.htm">2 Samuel 7</a> and <a href="/1_kings/8.htm">1 Kings 8</a>, where God assures David that his dynasty and the temple would be established forever. Manasseh's actions, therefore, not only violated the sanctity of the temple but also disregarded the divine promises made to his forefathers.“In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel Jerusalem was chosen by God as the spiritual and political center of Israel, a city set apart for His Name. The temple was the focal point of worship and the symbol of God's presence among His people. This divine choice is emphasized in passages like <a href="/1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/6-6.htm">2 Chronicles 6:6</a>, where God declares His selection of Jerusalem. Manasseh's idolatry in this chosen city represents a profound betrayal of God's election and purpose for Israel.I will establish My Name forever.” The promise to establish God's Name forever in the temple and Jerusalem is a testament to His enduring covenant with Israel. This assurance is rooted in the Davidic covenant and reflects God's desire for a perpetual relationship with His people. The desecration of the temple by Manasseh stands in stark contrast to this promise, highlighting the tension between human unfaithfulness and divine faithfulness. Despite Manasseh's actions, the prophetic hope remains that God's Name will ultimately be vindicated and His purposes fulfilled, as seen in the messianic prophecies pointing to Jesus Christ, who embodies the true temple and the eternal presence of God among His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a> King of Judah who reigned for 55 years and was known for his idolatrous practices, including setting up an idol in the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/a/asherah.htm">Asherah</a> A Canaanite goddess often associated with fertility and worshiped through carved images or poles. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, a sacred place where God's presence dwelt among His people. 4. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The second king of Israel, known for his heart for God and establishing Jerusalem as the political and spiritual center of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> Son of David, known for building the temple in Jerusalem, which was meant to be a dwelling place for God's Name.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is a direct violation of God's commandments and leads to spiritual decay. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or self-worship. <a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_god's_dwelling_place.htm">The Sanctity of God's Dwelling Place</a> The temple was a sacred space chosen by God. Today, believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and we must live in a way that honors God's presence within us. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Manasseh's actions led to severe consequences for Judah. Disobedience to God can lead to personal and communal suffering, reminding us to align our lives with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_repentance.htm">The Hope of Repentance</a> Despite Manasseh's grave sins, his account ends with repentance and restoration. This teaches us that no one is beyond God's grace and forgiveness if they turn back to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Leadership</a> As leaders, our actions can lead others toward or away from God. We must strive to lead by example, fostering environments that honor God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 21</a> <a href="/q/who_was_king_amon_of_judah.htm">Who was King Amon of Judah?</a> <a href="/q/was_ezekiel_physically_taken_to_jerusalem.htm">In Ezekiel 8:3–4, what evidence supports or contradicts the claim Ezekiel was physically transported to Jerusalem by a divine hand? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_an_asherah_pole_represent.htm">What does an Asherah pole represent?</a> <a href="/q/is_a_heavenly_mother_biblical.htm">Is the concept of a heavenly mother biblical?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) A graven image of the grove.--The graven image of the Ash?rah (<a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm" title="For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.">2Kings 21:3</a>).In the house of which the Lord said . . .--See <a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm" title="Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.">1Kings 8:16</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm" title="And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.">1Kings 9:3</a>. It is meant that the Asherah was erected within the Temple itself, probably in the holy place--an act which was the climax of Manasseh's impiety. (Comp. 23:4; <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm" title="And he said to me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the middle of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places.">Ezekiel 43:7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm" title="For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, said the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.">Jeremiah 7:30</a> seq.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house. He introduced into the temple, and set up there for adoration, an elaborately wrought Asherah, or "sacred tree," probably copied from the elaborate sacred trees of the Assyrians ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. p. 236). These had, in the center, the essential stele, or pillar, ornamented with rams' horns, symbols of fecundity, and crowned with a representation of a palm tree, the whole being encircled by a framework of metal, twined about it, and throwing out from the circumference, at intervals, either palms or blossoms, or in some instances pomegranates or fir-cones. All the parts represented either animal or vegetable productiveness. Of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name forever. It was the extremest aggravation of Manasseh's wickedness that he was not content to introduce his new religions into the land in other places, but brought them to God's special city which he had chosen, namely, Jerusalem, and there established them, not on the opposite hills, as Solomon had done (<a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">1 Kings 11:7</a>), or in a rival temple within the walls, as had been done by Athaliah (<a href="/2_kings/11-18.htm">2 Kings 11:18</a>), but within God's holy temple itself. In each of the two courts he placed an idolatrous altar, whereon the people were invited to deposit their offerings; and probably in the temple building itself, perhaps in the very holy of holies, he placed that lust-exciting emblem of Astarte, which was the most horrible profanation of all true religion, turning the truth and grace of God into lasciviousness (<a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a>). What practical consequences followed on this profanation, we are not distinctly told; but we may readily surmise, especially in the light of <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a>. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/21-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Manasseh even took the carved פֶּ֥סֶל (pe·sel) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6459.htm">Strong's 6459: </a> An idol, image Asherah pole הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (hā·’ă·šê·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_842.htm">Strong's 842: </a> A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same he had made עָשָׂ֑ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make and set it up וַיָּ֕שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set in the temple, בַּבַּ֗יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of which אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had said אָמַ֤ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to David דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and his son בְנ֔וֹ (ḇə·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son Solomon, שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne “In this הַזֶּ֜ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that temple בַּבַּ֨יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house and in Jerusalem, וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel which אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I have chosen בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ (bā·ḥar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select out of all מִכֹּל֙ (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the tribes שִׁבְטֵ֣י (šiḇ·ṭê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc I will establish אָשִׂ֥ים (’ā·śîm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set My Name שְׁמִ֖י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name forever. לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/21-7.htm">2 Kings 21:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-7.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 21:7 He set the engraved image of Asherah (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 21:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 21:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>