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2 Chronicles 33:2-7

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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;
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2 Chronicles 33:2-7 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 10

  • 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

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
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