What Does 2 Kings 21:17 Mean?

“Now the rest”

properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)

“of the acts”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of Manasseh”

menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“and all that he did”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“and his sin”

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that he sinned”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

they (only used when emphatic)

“are they not written”

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“in the book”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

“of the acts”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“of the kings”

a king

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory