2 Kings · Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
2 Kings 21 Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Fully vowelled Arabic, read right to left.
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Verse divisions occasionally differ from English Bibles (e.g. 1 Timothy 6:21–22, 3 John 14–15).
1 كَانَ مَنَسَّى ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ خَمْسًا وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَفْصِيبَةُ.
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
2 وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ رَجَاسَاتِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
2 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
3 وَعَادَ فَبَنَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَبَادَهَا حَزَقِيَّا أَبُوهُ، وَأَقَامَ مَذَابِحَ لِلْبَعْلِ، وَعَمِلَ سَارِيَةً كَمَا عَمِلَ أَخْآبُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسَجَدَ لِكُلِّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَعَبَدَهَا.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
4 وَبَنَى مَذَابِحَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْهُ: «فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَضَعُ ٱسْمِي».
4 He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
5 وَبَنَى مَذَابِحَ لِكُلِّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِي دَارَيْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.
5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house.
6 وَعَبَّرَ ٱبْنَهُ فِي ٱلنَّارِ، وَعَافَ وَتَفَاءَلَ وَٱسْتَخْدَمَ جَانًّا وَتَوَابِعَ، وَأَكْثَرَ عَمَلَ ٱلشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِإِغَاظَتِهِ.
6 He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
7 وَوَضَعَ تِمْثَالَ ٱلسَّارِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ، فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْهُ لِدَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ ٱبْنِهِ: «فِي هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَضَعُ ٱسْمِي إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.
7 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;
8 وَلَا أَعُودُ أُزَحْزِحُ رِجْلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَيْتُ لِآبَائِهِمْ، وَذَلِكَ إِذَا حَفِظُوا وَعَمِلُوا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُهُمْ بِهِ، وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَمَرَهُمْ بِهَا عَبْدِي مُوسَى».
8 I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”
9 فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، بَلْ أَضَلَّهُمْ مَنَسَّى لِيَعْمَلُوا مَا هُوَ أَقْبَحُ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
9 But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 وَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ يَدِ عَبِيدِهِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَائِلًا:
10 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
11 «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ مَنَسَّى مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا قَدْ عَمِلَ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْجَاسَ، وَأَسَاءَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ ٱلْأَمُورِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَبْلَهُ، وَجَعَلَ أَيْضًا يَهُوذَا يُخْطِئُ بِأَصْنَامِهِ،
11 “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;
12 لِذَلِكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ شَرًّا عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَيَهُوذَا حَتَّى أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِهِ تَطِنُّ أُذُنَاهُ.
12 therefore Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
13 وَأَمُدُّ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ خَيْطَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ وَمِطْمَارَ بَيْتِ أَخْآبَ، وَأَمْسَحُ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَمَا يَمْسَحُ وَاحِدٌ ٱلصَّحْنَ. يَمْسَحُهُ وَيَقْلِبُهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ.
13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
14 وَأَرْفُضُ بَقِيَّةَ مِيرَاثِي، وَأَدْفَعُهُمْ إِلَى أَيْدِي أَعْدَائِهِمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ غَنِيمَةً وَنَهْبًا لِجَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ،
14 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,
15 لِأَنَّهُمْ عَمِلُوا ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَصَارُوا يُغِيظُونَنِي مِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ خَرَجَ آبَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ».
15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”
16 وَسَفَكَ أَيْضًا مَنَسَّى دَمًا بَرِيًّا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا حَتَّى مَلَأَ أُورُشَلِيمَ مِنَ ٱلْجَانِبِ إِلَى ٱلْجَانِبِ، فَضْلًا عَنْ خَطِيَّتِهِ ٱلَّتِي بِهَا جَعَلَ يَهُوذَا يُخْطِئُ بِعَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.
16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; in addition to his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
17 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ مَنَسَّى وَكُلُّ مَا عَمِلَ، وَخَطِيَّتُهُ ٱلَّتِي أَخْطَأَ بِهَا، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟
17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18 ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ مَنَسَّى مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَدُفِنَ فِي بُسْتَانِ بَيْتِهِ فِي بُسْتَانِ عُزَّا، وَمَلَكَ آمُونُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.
18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
19 كَانَ آمُونُ ٱبْنَ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ سَنَتَيْنِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ مَشُلَّمَةُ بِنْتُ حَارُوصَ مِنْ يَطْبَةَ.
19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَمَا عَمِلَ مَنَسَّى أَبُوهُ.
20 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.
21 وَسَلَكَ فِي كُلِّ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي سَلَكَ فِيهِ أَبُوهُ، وَعَبَدَ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ ٱلَّتِي عَبَدَهَا أَبُوهُ وَسَجَدَ لَهَا.
21 He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
22 وَتَرَكَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِ وَلَمْ يَسْلُكْ فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلرَّبِّ.
22 and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.
23 وَفَتَنَ عَبِيدُ آمُونَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَتَلُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ فِي بَيْتِهِ.
23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
24 فَضَرَبَ كُلُّ شَعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعَ ٱلْفَاتِنِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ آمُونَ، وَمَلَّكَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ يُوشِيَّا ٱبْنَهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.
24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
25 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ آمُونَ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟
25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26 وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِهِ فِي بُسْتَانِ عُزَّا، وَمَلَكَ يُوشِيَّا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.
26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amon
A short-lived wicked king, assassinated by his own officials.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 21:19-26; 2 Chron. 33:21-25; Matt. 1:10
Haruz
Named as the father of Meshullemeth, the mother of King Amon.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 21:19
Hephzibah
Named as the mother of King Manasseh of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh
Judah's longest-reigning and most wicked king — who finally repented in exile.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chron. 33:1-20; Matt. 1:10
Meshullemeth
Daughter of Haruz from Jotbah and mother of King Amon of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 21:19
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 62:4; 1 Chronicles 3:13; Matthew 1:10; 2 Kings 20:21; 2 Chronicles 32:33–33:9
- 2 2 Kings 22:17; Deuteronomy 12:31; Leviticus 18:25–29; 2 Kings 21:7; Ezekiel 16:51
- 3 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 17:16; Deuteronomy 17:3; 1 Kings 16:31–33; Deuteronomy 4:19
- 4 1 Kings 8:29; 2 Samuel 7:13; Jeremiah 32:34; Deuteronomy 12:5; 1 Kings 9:3
- 5 1 Kings 7:12; 2 Kings 23:4; 2 Kings 23:12; 1 Kings 6:36; 2 Kings 23:6
- 6 2 Kings 17:17; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 18:21; 2 Kings 16:3; Leviticus 19:26
- 7 2 Chronicles 7:16; 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Samuel 7:13; 2 Chronicles 7:12; 1 Kings 8:29
- 8 2 Samuel 7:10; Jeremiah 7:3–7; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Jeremiah 17:20–27; Deuteronomy 28:1–14
- 9 Proverbs 29:12; Daniel 9:6; Luke 13:34; Hosea 5:11; John 15:22
- 10 2 Chronicles 36:15; Nehemiah 9:30; Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 23:34–37; 2 Chronicles 33:10
- 11 1 Kings 21:26; 2 Kings 24:3–4; 2 Kings 21:9; Jeremiah 15:4; 1 Kings 15:30
- 12 Jeremiah 19:3; 1 Samuel 3:11; Daniel 9:12; Micah 3:12; Amos 3:2
- 13 Amos 7:7–8; Lamentations 2:8; Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 10:22; Ezekiel 23:31–34
- 14 Jeremiah 23:33; 2 Kings 19:4; Psalm 89:38–45; Judges 2:14–15; Leviticus 26:17
- 15 Deuteronomy 9:21; Ezekiel 20:13; Daniel 9:5–11; Deuteronomy 31:29; Ezekiel 20:21
- 16 2 Chronicles 33:9; 2 Kings 21:11; Numbers 35:33; Exodus 32:21; Hebrews 11:37
- 17 2 Kings 20:20–21; 2 Chronicles 33:1–20
- 18 2 Chronicles 33:20; 2 Kings 21:26; 2 Chronicles 24:16; 2 Chronicles 32:33; 2 Chronicles 24:25
- 19 2 Chronicles 33:21–23; 2 Kings 15:23; 1 Kings 22:51; 1 Kings 16:8; 1 Chronicles 3:14
- 20 Matthew 23:32; 2 Kings 21:2–7; 2 Chronicles 33:22–23; Acts 7:51; 2 Kings 21:11
- 22 1 Kings 11:33; 2 Kings 22:17; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 2:13
- 23 2 Kings 12:20; 2 Chronicles 33:24–25; 2 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 15:30
- 24 2 Kings 14:5; 1 Kings 12:1; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 33:25; 1 Kings 12:20
- 25 2 Kings 21:17; 2 Kings 20:20
- 26 2 Kings 21:18; Matthew 1:10; 1 Kings 13:5
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