2 Chronicles 33:2-12

2 ¹He did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before * the sons of Israel.

3 For ²he rebuilt * the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; ³he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

4 ⁴He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, "My name shall be ⁵in Jerusalem forever."

5 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in ⁶the two courts of the house of the LORD.

6 ⁷He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom *; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and ⁸dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

7 Then he put ⁹the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "¹⁰In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land ¹¹which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses."

9 Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before * the sons of Israel.

Manasseh's Idolatry Rebuked

10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but ¹²they paid no attention.

11 ¹³Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, ¹⁴bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

12 When ¹⁵he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and ¹⁶humbled himself greatly before * the God of his fathers.

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2 Chronicles 33:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 33

This chapter gives an account of the reign of Manasseh, of his idolatries and impieties, 2Ch 33:1-10, of his captivity, humiliation, repentance, and reformation, 2Ch 33:11-17 of his last end, death, and burial, 2Ch 33:18-20 and of the wicked reign of Amon his son, and of his death by his servants, 2Ch 33:21-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. 2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 15:4
2. 2 Chronicles 31:1
3. Deuteronomy 16:21; 2 Kings 23:5, 6
4. 2 Chronicles 28:24
5. 2 Samuel 7:13; 2 Chronicles 7:16
6. 2 Chronicles 4:9
7. 2 Chronicles 28:3
8. Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:27
9. 2 Chronicles 33:15
10. 1 Kings 9:3-5; 2 Chronicles 7:16; 2 Chronicles 33:4
11. 2 Samuel 7:10
12. Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 25:4
13. Deuteronomy 28:36
14. 2 Chronicles 36:6
15. Psalms 118:5; Psalms 120:1; Psalms 130:1, 2
16. 2 Chronicles 32:26

Footnotes 2

[a]. I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
[b]. I.e. thongs put through the nose