2 Kings 21:17 Meaning and Explanation
“Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
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Read Full Chapter →The narrator closes Manasseh's reign with the customary reference to the royal chronicles.
What Does 2 Kings 21:17 Mean?
This is the standard closing formula for a king of Judah, pointing the reader to 'the book of the chronicles' for the fuller record. But here even the summary names 'his sin that he sinned' — the historian cannot pass over Manasseh's evil without one more sober mention.
Every life leaves a record. Manasseh's deeds were written in the king's annals, but Scripture knows of a deeper accounting before God. What we do is not lost to time; it is remembered. This is sobering and, in Christ, also hopeful — for the same God who keeps the record offers, to all who turn to Him, to blot the worst of it out.
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What does 2 Kings 21:17 mean?
The narrator closes Manasseh's reign with the customary reference to the royal chronicles.