Ver. 20-25.
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house That is, in the garden of his house, (
See Gill on 2 Kings 21:18); there; to which may be added, that the Jews
F19 in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks
F20 and Romans
F21, to bury the dead in their own houses; hence sprung the worship of the Lares and Penates, the household gods: from hence to the end of the chapter is the same with (
2 Kings 21:18-26 ) .
(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:18) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:19) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:20) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:21) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:22) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:23) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:24) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:25) (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:26)
FOOTNOTES:
F19 Cippi Heb. p. 43.
F20 Plato in Minoe.
F21 Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 5. "praeterea si nova", & in l. 6. "sedibus hunc refer"