2 Chronicles 33:10

Manasseh's Repentance

10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn't listen.^[a]

2 Chronicles 33:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:10

And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people
By his servants the prophets, see ( 2 Kings 21:10-15 ) , where what was said to them is recorded:

but they would not hearken;
to what was said, to reproofs, admonitions, and exhortations to repent and reform.

2 Chronicles 33:10 In-Context

8 I will never again remove the feet of the Israelites from upon the land where I stationed your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses-all the law, statutes, and judgments."

9 So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn't listen.

11 So He brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze [shackles], and took him to Babylon.

12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Kg 21:10-16