2 Chronicles 33:12

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.

2 Chronicles 33:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in affliction
In prison; however, in fetters; according to the Targum, the Chaldeans made an instrument of brass with holes in it, and put him in it, and fire about it, something like the brasen bull of Perillus; and the above Arabian writer ^F11 calls it a tower of brass:

he besought the Lord his God;
by prayer and supplication:

and humbled himself greatly before the Lord God of his fathers;
confessing his sins, expressing great sorrow and repentance for them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Abulph. & Suidas, ib. (Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.)

2 Chronicles 33:12 In-Context

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.

13 He prayed to Him, so He heard his petition and granted his request, and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the Lord is God.

14 After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around the Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.