2 Kings 21:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 21:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 21:15 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 21:15 — KJV
“Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.”
— 2 Kings 21:15 (KJV)
2 Kings 21:15 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 21:15
“Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:15: since, day, fathers
“And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:15: because, done, day
“But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? whole...: Heb. month of days”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:15: because, day, came
“And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:15: because, evil, sight
“Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 21:15: day, came, forth
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