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Barnes' Notes on 2 Kings 21:16

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Compare Jeremiah 2:30; Hebrews 11:37; Isaiah 57:1-4. According to tradition, Isaiah was among the first to perish. More than a century afterward, the final judgment upon Jerusalem was felt to be in an special way the punishment of Manasseh’s bloody persecution of God’s people (marginal reference). return to 'Top of Page'
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