Bible Commentaries
2 Chronicles 33

Introduction

Overview

2 Chronicles 33:1, Manasseh’s wicked reign; 2 Chronicles 33:3, He sets up idolatry, and will not be admonished; 2 Chronicles 33:11, He is carried into Babylon; 2 Chronicles 33:12, Upon his prayer to God he is released and puts down idolatry; 2 Chronicles 33:18, His acts; 2 Chronicles 33:20, He dying, Amon succeeds him; 2 Chronicles 33:21, who is slain by his servants; 2 Chronicles 33:25, The murderers being slain, Josiah succeeds him.

Verse 1

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Manasseh: 2 Chronicles 32:33, 2 Kings 21:1-18, 1 Chronicles 3:13, Matthew 1:10, Manasses

twelve: 2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Chronicles 34:2, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Isaiah 3:4, Isaiah 3:12

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:17 - the rest 2 Chronicles 33:19 - all his sins 2 Chronicles 33:21 - two years 2 Chronicles 33:22 - as did Manasseh 2 Chronicles 33:23 - humbled Matthew 7:8 - General Luke 15:13 - and took

Verse 2

like unto: 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 36:14, Leviticus 18:24-30, Leviticus 20:22, Leviticus 20:23, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 18:9, Deuteronomy 18:14, 2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 17:15, 2 Kings 21:2, 2 Kings 21:9, Ezra 9:14, Psalms 106:35-40, Ezekiel 11:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:24 - do after Deuteronomy 27:15 - an abomination Judges 2:11 - did evil 1 Samuel 15:19 - didst evil 1 Kings 21:26 - according to 2 Kings 16:3 - according 2 Chronicles 33:9 - to do worse Ezra 9:11 - The land Psalms 106:36 - And Ecclesiastes 2:21 - whose Matthew 7:8 - General

Verse 3

he built again: Heb. he returned and built, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 9:18

which Hezekiah: 2 Chronicles 30:14, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 32:12, 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 21:3

he reared: 2 Chronicles 28:2-4, Judges 2:11-13

made groves: Deuteronomy 16:21, 1 Kings 14:23, Jeremiah 17:2

the host: Deuteronomy 4:19, Deuteronomy 17:3, 2 Kings 23:5, 2 Kings 23:6, 2 Kings 23:11, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 19:13, Zephaniah 1:5, Acts 7:42

Reciprocal: Judges 3:7 - the groves 2 Kings 23:4 - to bring 2 Chronicles 24:18 - And they left 2 Chronicles 28:24 - he made 2 Chronicles 33:15 - he took 2 Chronicles 34:4 - brake down 2 Chronicles 34:25 - Because Isaiah 2:8 - is full Ezekiel 16:24 - thou hast

Verse 4

he built: 2 Chronicles 33:15, 2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:4, 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 21:5, Jeremiah 7:30

In Jerusalem: 2 Chronicles 6:6, 2 Chronicles 7:16, 2 Chronicles 32:19, Deuteronomy 12:11, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 9:3

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:37 - all that 2 Chronicles 33:7 - God had said 2 Chronicles 34:11 - the kings 2 Chronicles 36:14 - polluted Jeremiah 7:10 - which is called Jeremiah 19:4 - estranged Jeremiah 32:34 - General Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 7:20 - but Ezekiel 23:39 - thus Ezekiel 43:8 - setting 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

Verse 5

in the two: 2 Chronicles 4:9, Jeremiah 32:34, Jeremiah 32:35, Ezekiel 8:7-18

Reciprocal: Exodus 27:9 - the court 2 Kings 21:5 - in the two courts 2 Kings 23:12 - which Manasseh Nehemiah 8:16 - the courts Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 23:11 - in Ezekiel 44:1 - the outward 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what

Verse 6

caused: 2 Chronicles 28:3, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 20:2, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 18:10, 2 Kings 21:6, 2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:32, Ezekiel 23:37, Ezekiel 23:39

he observed: Leviticus 19:26, Leviticus 20:6, Deuteronomy 18:10-14, 1 Samuel 15:23, 2 Kings 17:17, Isaiah 47:9-12, Galatians 5:20

dealt: 2 Kings 21:6, 2 Kings 23:24, 1 Chronicles 10:13, Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 19:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:7 - wicked Leviticus 19:31 - General Joshua 18:16 - the valley of the son Judges 2:11 - did evil 1 Samuel 15:19 - didst evil 2 Samuel 12:9 - to do evil 1 Kings 14:9 - to provoke 1 Kings 21:20 - to work 2 Kings 16:3 - made his son 2 Kings 16:15 - for me to inquire by Isaiah 3:8 - to provoke Jeremiah 19:2 - the valley Jeremiah 32:35 - they built Ezekiel 16:20 - and these Ezekiel 20:26 - in that Acts 19:19 - used

Verse 7

he set a carved image: The Targumist says, "He set up an image, the likeness of himself, in the house of the sanctuary." In the parallel passage it is, "a graven image of the grove," or rather, Asherah or Astarte. Manasseh, as Bp. Patrick observes, seems to have studied to find out what God had forbidden in his law, that he might practice it: amost prodigious change from the height of piety in his father's time, into the sink of impiety in this!

in the house: 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Kings 21:8, 2 Kings 23:6

God had said: 2 Chronicles 33:4, 1 Kings 8:29, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14

which I have: 2 Chronicles 6:6, 1 Kings 8:44, 1 Kings 8:48, 1 Kings 11:13, 1 Kings 11:32, Psalms 78:68

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:4 - General Leviticus 19:30 - reverence 2 Kings 23:4 - to bring Isaiah 3:8 - to provoke Isaiah 8:10 - for God Jeremiah 7:10 - which is called Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 23:11 - in Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 43:8 - setting

Verse 8

will I: 2 Samuel 7:10, 1 Chronicles 17:9

so that they: 2 Chronicles 7:17-22, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Isaiah 1:19, Isaiah 1:20, Ezekiel 33:25, Ezekiel 33:26

to do all: Deuteronomy 4:40, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 5:31-33, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 8:1, Deuteronomy 27:26, Luke 1:6, Galatians 3:10-13

by the hand: Leviticus 8:36, Leviticus 10:11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:8 - will I make Isaiah 8:10 - for God Jeremiah 4:1 - then shalt Jeremiah 7:7 - in the land

Verse 9

made Judah: 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 15:26, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 23:26, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Kings 24:4, Proverbs 29:12, Micah 6:16

to do worse: 2 Chronicles 33:2, 2 Kings 21:9-11, Ezekiel 16:45-47

the heathen: Leviticus 18:24, Deuteronomy 2:21, Joshua 24:8, 2 Kings 17:8-11

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:24 - do after Exodus 23:33 - they make 1 Kings 21:26 - according to 2 Kings 17:15 - concerning whom 2 Chronicles 21:11 - compelled 2 Chronicles 33:16 - commanded 2 Chronicles 36:14 - very much Psalms 119:67 - Before Isaiah 24:5 - defiled Isaiah 31:6 - deeply Jeremiah 2:33 - hast Jeremiah 23:13 - and Jeremiah 32:35 - to cause Ezekiel 5:7 - neither have done Romans 5:20 - But 1 Timothy 1:16 - for a Hebrews 9:7 - errors

Verse 10

2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Nehemiah 9:29, Nehemiah 9:30, Jeremiah 25:4-7, Jeremiah 44:4, Jeremiah 44:5, Zechariah 1:4, Acts 7:51, Acts 7:52

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:10 - General 2 Chronicles 33:18 - the seers Job 33:14 - perceiveth Psalms 107:11 - contemned Proverbs 5:12 - and my Proverbs 29:1 - General Proverbs 29:23 - man's Isaiah 30:9 - will not Jeremiah 7:26 - they hearkened Jeremiah 22:1 - Go Jeremiah 22:21 - I spake Daniel 9:6 - have we Zechariah 7:11 - they refused Matthew 21:29 - he repented

Verse 11

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the Lord: Deuteronomy 28:36, Job 36:8

the captains: Isaiah 10:8, Isaiah 36:9

of the king: Heb. which were the king's, Nehemiah 9:32, Nehemiah 9:37, Isaiah 5:26-30, Isaiah 7:18-20

among the thorns: The word bachochim may possibly here signify with fetters or chains, as the kindred word chachim denotes, Ezekiel 19:4, Ezekiel 19:9. The Syriac and Arabic have alive, probably reading bechayim. 1 Samuel 13:6, Lamentations 3:7

bound him: 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Kings 25:6, Job 36:8-11, Psalms 107:10-14

fetters: or, chains

Reciprocal: Judges 16:21 - bound him 2 Kings 14:9 - The thistle 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 17:24 - Babylon 2 Kings 20:18 - thy sons 2 Kings 24:2 - the Lord 2 Kings 25:7 - bound him 1 Chronicles 5:26 - stirred up 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried 2 Chronicles 6:38 - pray toward 2 Chronicles 15:6 - God 2 Chronicles 21:16 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 25:23 - took Amaziah 2 Chronicles 28:5 - delivered him 2 Chronicles 33:19 - his prayer also 2 Chronicles 34:21 - that are left 2 Chronicles 36:17 - he brought Ezra 6:22 - the king Job 5:5 - the thorns Job 12:18 - General Job 36:9 - he Psalms 31:22 - nevertheless Psalms 102:20 - to loose Psalms 116:16 - thou hast Proverbs 5:12 - and my Isaiah 3:8 - Jerusalem Isaiah 7:17 - bring upon Isaiah 7:19 - in the holes Isaiah 23:13 - the Assyrian Isaiah 28:22 - lest Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 4:29 - they shall go Jeremiah 39:5 - Chaldeans' Jeremiah 50:17 - first Jeremiah 52:9 - they took Lamentations 3:55 - General Ezekiel 17:20 - I will spread Daniel 4:37 - those that walk Jonah 2:1 - prayed Micah 4:10 - shalt thou Micah 5:6 - the Assyrian Zephaniah 3:7 - howsoever Luke 15:14 - arose 1 Timothy 2:8 - pray

Verse 12

And when: 2 Chronicles 28:22, Leviticus 26:39-42, Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 4:31, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 5:15, Micah 6:9, Luke 15:16-18

he besought: 2 Chronicles 33:18, 2 Chronicles 33:19, Psalms 50:15, Acts 9:11

the Lord: 2 Chronicles 28:5

humbled: 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23, 2 Chronicles 32:26, Exodus 10:3, Luke 18:14, Luke 18:15, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Leviticus 26:43 - and they Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart Joshua 7:19 - make 1 Kings 8:47 - Yet if they 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Kings 22:19 - humbled 2 Chronicles 6:26 - thou dost 2 Chronicles 7:14 - humble 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled 2 Chronicles 12:12 - when 2 Chronicles 15:2 - if ye seek him 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves 2 Chronicles 34:27 - humble 2 Chronicles 36:12 - humbled Ezra 8:23 - and he was entreated Job 5:8 - seek Job 8:5 - thou wouldest Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 10:17 - humble Psalms 51:17 - thou Psalms 107:13 - General Psalms 116:4 - called Ecclesiastes 3:1 - every thing Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Isaiah 26:16 - in trouble Isaiah 57:15 - with Jeremiah 13:18 - Humble Jeremiah 36:7 - It may Jeremiah 44:10 - are not Lamentations 3:29 - putteth Lamentations 3:55 - General Ezekiel 18:21 - if the Daniel 4:36 - mine Daniel 4:37 - those that walk Micah 6:8 - walk humbly Matthew 5:3 - the poor Matthew 20:5 - and did Matthew 24:40 - the one Luke 15:18 - will arise Luke 18:13 - a sinner Luke 23:41 - we indeed John 4:10 - thou wouldest Acts 8:22 - pray Acts 9:9 - General Philippians 4:6 - in 1 Timothy 2:8 - pray James 4:6 - giveth grace James 4:7 - Submit James 5:13 - any among

Verse 13

he was entreated: 1 Chronicles 5:20, Ezra 8:23, Job 22:23, Job 22:27, Job 33:16-30, Psalms 32:3-5, Psalms 86:5, Isaiah 55:6-9, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Luke 23:42, Luke 23:43, John 4:10

brought him: Ezra 7:27, Proverbs 16:7, Proverbs 21:1, Matthew 6:33

knew: Deuteronomy 29:6, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 46:10, Jeremiah 24:7, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:34, Daniel 4:35, John 17:3, Hebrews 8:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:21 - and the Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Joshua 7:19 - make 1 Kings 8:47 - Yet if they 1 Kings 18:21 - if the Lord 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 6:26 - thou dost 2 Chronicles 7:14 - humble 2 Chronicles 12:12 - when 2 Chronicles 33:18 - his prayer Job 5:8 - seek Job 8:5 - thou wouldest Job 9:15 - I would Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 10:17 - humble Psalms 50:15 - call Psalms 51:17 - thou Psalms 65:2 - thou Psalms 107:13 - General Psalms 116:4 - called Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Isaiah 26:16 - in trouble Isaiah 57:15 - with Jeremiah 36:7 - It may Lamentations 3:56 - hast Ezekiel 18:21 - if the Daniel 4:36 - mine Hosea 5:15 - in their Micah 6:8 - walk humbly Luke 15:10 - one Luke 15:18 - will arise Luke 18:13 - a sinner Acts 8:22 - pray Acts 9:9 - General Acts 9:11 - for Philippians 4:6 - in James 4:7 - Submit James 5:13 - any among

Verse 14

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he built: 2 Chronicles 32:5

Gihon: 2 Chronicles 32:30, 1 Kings 1:33, 1 Kings 1:45

fish gate: Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 12:39, Zephaniah 1:10

Ophel: or, the tower, 2 Chronicles 27:3, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 3:27

put: 2 Chronicles 11:11, 2 Chronicles 11:12, 2 Chronicles 17:19

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 21:20 - the defenced

Verse 15

he took: 2 Chronicles 33:3-7, 2 Kings 21:7, Isaiah 2:17-21, Ezekiel 18:20-22, Hosea 14:1-3, Matthew 3:8

Reciprocal: Judges 10:16 - they put 2 Kings 21:5 - in the two courts 2 Kings 23:12 - which Manasseh 2 Chronicles 33:4 - he built Jeremiah 7:30 - they Jeremiah 32:34 - General Matthew 25:16 - went

Verse 16

repaired: 2 Chronicles 29:18, 1 Kings 18:30

peace: Leviticus 3:1-17

thank: Leviticus 7:12-18

commanded: 2 Chronicles 33:9, 2 Chronicles 14:4, see note on 2 Chronicles 30:12, Genesis 18:19, Luke 22:32

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:32 - caused Matthew 25:16 - went Hebrews 13:15 - the sacrifice

Verse 17

people: 2 Chronicles 15:17, 2 Chronicles 32:12, 1 Kings 22:43, 2 Kings 15:4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:2 - the people 2 Chronicles 34:3 - purge

Verse 18

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the rest: 2 Chronicles 20:34, 2 Chronicles 32:32

his prayer: 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, 2 Chronicles 33:19

the seers: 2 Chronicles 33:10, 1 Samuel 9:9, 2 Kings 17:13, Isaiah 29:10, Isaiah 30:10, Amos 7:12, Micah 3:7

in the book: 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 15:31

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 7:14 - humble 2 Chronicles 21:2 - Israel Psalms 107:13 - General John 4:10 - thou wouldest Acts 9:9 - General Acts 9:11 - for

Verse 19

his prayer also: 2 Chronicles 33:11, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:19, Proverbs 15:8, Acts 9:11, 1 John 1:9

all his sins: 2 Chronicles 33:1-10, Romans 5:16

before he: 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 30:11, 2 Chronicles 36:12, Psalms 119:67, Psalms 119:71, Psalms 119:75, Jeremiah 44:10, Daniel 5:22

the seers: or, Hosai, So the Targum and Vulgate: the Syraic has Hanun the prophet; and the Arabic, Saphan the prophet. This record is totally lost; for the captivity and repentance of Manasseh are related no where else; and the prayer of Manasseh in the Apocrypha was probably composed long afterwards: it is not acknowledged as canonical even by the Romish church, though it was anciently used as a form of confession, and as such still received by the Greek church.

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:3 - humble Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart Judges 3:7 - the groves 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Kings 22:19 - humbled 2 Chronicles 7:14 - humble 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled 2 Chronicles 32:26 - Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 33:18 - his prayer 2 Chronicles 33:23 - humbled 2 Chronicles 34:27 - humble 2 Chronicles 35:27 - deeds Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 107:13 - General Jeremiah 13:18 - Humble Jeremiah 17:2 - their altars Lamentations 3:56 - hast Daniel 4:37 - those that walk Micah 6:8 - walk humbly Matthew 5:3 - the poor Matthew 7:8 - General Luke 15:18 - will arise Luke 18:13 - a sinner John 4:10 - thou wouldest Acts 9:9 - General 1 Timothy 1:16 - for a James 4:6 - giveth grace 1 Peter 5:6 - Humble

Verse 20

Manasseh: 2 Chronicles 32:33, 2 Kings 21:18

Amon: 2 Kings 21:19-25, 1 Chronicles 3:14, Matthew 1:10

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:1 - in his house 1 Kings 2:34 - buried 2 Kings 14:20 - he was buried 2 Chronicles 26:23 - they buried him 2 Chronicles 28:27 - they brought

Verse 21

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two years: 2 Chronicles 33:1, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, James 4:13-15

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:19 - Amon 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Amon

Verse 22

as did Manasseh: 2 Chronicles 33:1-10, 2 Kings 21:1-11, 2 Kings 21:20, Ezekiel 20:18

for Amon sacrificed: Amon's conduct is recorded as like his father Manasseh, in sacrificing to graven images; by which some think it is an evidence that Manasseh did not truly repent, but they forget how many good kings had wicked sons. In one point of view Manasseh was defective, although it cannot be supposed that it affected his eternal state; for when he cast out the images, he did not utterly deface and destroy them, according to the law in Deuteronomy 7:5, which required, moreover, that the graven images should be burnt with fire. How necessary that law was, this instance shows; for the carved images being only thrown aside, and not burnt, Amon knew where to find them, soon set them up, and sacrificed to them. Isaiah 44:13-20

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:37 - all that 2 Chronicles 34:3 - purge 2 Chronicles 34:11 - the kings

Verse 23

humbled: 2 Chronicles 33:1, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:19, Jeremiah 8:12

trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass, 2 Chronicles 28:22, Jeremiah 7:26, 2 Timothy 3:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:34 - and hardened Leviticus 26:41 - humbled Deuteronomy 17:20 - his heart 2 Kings 21:20 - as his father 2 Kings 22:19 - humbled 2 Kings 23:37 - all that 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves 2 Chronicles 32:26 - Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 36:12 - humbled Proverbs 29:23 - man's Jeremiah 13:18 - Humble Daniel 5:22 - hast Hosea 13:2 - now Micah 6:8 - walk humbly Matthew 5:3 - the poor Luke 18:13 - a sinner James 4:6 - giveth grace 1 Peter 5:6 - Humble

Verse 24

am 3363, bc 641, 2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 24:26, 2 Chronicles 25:27, 2 Chronicles 25:28, 2 Samuel 4:5-12, 2 Kings 21:23-26, Psalms 55:23, Romans 11:22

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:20 - his servants Proverbs 29:23 - man's

Verse 25

slew: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Numbers 35:31, Numbers 35:33

the people: 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 36:1

Josiah: 2 Chronicles 34:1

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:23 - General 2 Kings 21:24 - made Josiah 2 Chronicles 22:1 - the inhabitants Matthew 1:10 - Josias