And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
The verse falls within the history of the remaining kingdom of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away, a history that continues through 2 Kings 25 and covers the period ending with the Babylonian Captivity. It stands in the closing chapters of Kings that record the wicked and weak reigns of the kings of Judah, with the one bright exception of the reformation conducted under the good king Josiah supported by his godly priests and counselors. More narrowly, it stands in the record of Judah's kings concerning the wicked Manasseh and his wicked son Amon, between the good Hezekiah and the good reformer Josiah, where the Lord spoke by His servants the prophets against Judah because Judah followed Israel in departure from God and idolatry, the same course that led Israel astray and led Judah on until captivity came to her.
The verse shows that the Lord warned Manasseh through prophets during his long reign, sending reproof to him by His servants the prophets. Manasseh's rejection of their words was a refusal to heed God's reproof. The prophet sent to Manasseh belonged to the more than one hundred and fifty prophets mentioned in the Old Testament besides the sixteen writing prophets from Isaiah to Malachi. Even to the wicked Manasseh came the mercy of God.
The verse falls within the history of the remaining kingdom of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away, a history that continues through 2 Kings 25 and covers the period ending with the Babylonian Captivity.
It stands in the closing chapters of Kings that record the wicked and weak reigns of the kings of Judah, with the one bright exception of the reformation conducted under the good king Josiah supported by his godly priests and counselors.
More narrowly, it stands in the record of Judah's kings concerning the wicked Manasseh and his wicked son Amon, between the good Hezekiah and the good reformer Josiah, where the Lord spoke by His servants the prophets against Judah because Judah followed Israel in departure from God and idolatry, the same course that led Israel astray and led Judah on until captivity came to her.
The verse shows that the Lord warned Manasseh through prophets during his long reign, sending reproof to him by His servants the prophets.
Manasseh's rejection of their words was a refusal to heed God's reproof.
The prophet sent to Manasseh belonged to the more than one hundred and fifty prophets mentioned in the Old Testament besides the sixteen writing prophets from Isaiah to Malachi.
Even to the wicked Manasseh came the mercy of God.