2 Kings 21:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
But they did not listen,שָׁמֵ֑עוּ
(sha·me·'u;)
8085: to heara prim. root
and Manassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙
(me·na·sheh)
4519: "causing to forget," a son of Joseph, also a tribe desc. from him, also a king of Judah , also two Isr.from nashah
seducedוַיַּתְעֵ֤ם
(vai·yat·'em)
8582: to erra prim. root
them to doלַעֲשֹׂ֣ות
(la·'a·so·vt)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
evilהָרָ֔ע
(ha·ra,)
7451b: evil, distress, misery, injury, calamityfrom the same as roa
more thanמִן־
(min-)
4480: froma prim. preposition
the nationsהַ֨גֹּויִ֔ם
(hag·go·v·yim,)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
whomאֲשֶׁר֙
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
the LORDיְהוָ֔ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
destroyedהִשְׁמִ֣יד
(hish·mid)
8045: to be exterminated or destroyeda prim. root
before 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
the sonsבְּנֵ֥י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
(yis·ra·'el.)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el


















KJV Lexicon
But they hearkened
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not and Manasseh
Mnashsheh  (men-ash-sheh')
causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Manasseh.
seduced
ta`ah  (taw-aw')
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray; also causative of both
them to do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
more evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
than did the nations
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
whom the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
destroyed
shamad  (shaw-mad')
to desolate -- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, utterly.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.

King James Bible
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they did not listen; Manasseh caused them to stray so that they did greater evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

International Standard Version
But they would not listen. Manasseh led them astray to practice more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed in the presence of the Israelis.

NET Bible
But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed from before the Israelites.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
(But they wouldn't obey.) Manasseh misled Israel so that they did more evil things than the nations that the LORD had destroyed when the Israelites arrived in the land.

King James 2000 Bible
But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
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