Divrey Hayamim Bais 33:18

18 Now the rest of the acts of Menasheh, and his tefillah unto Elohav, and the divrei HaChozim that spoke to him b’Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel, hinei, they are written in the annals of the Melachim of Yisroel.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 33:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:18

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh
Good and bad, what were done by him both before and after his conversion:

and his prayer unto his God;
which it seems was taken and recorded, but now lost; for as for that which is among the apocryphal writings, there is no reason to believe it to be his, though it is thought to be so by many ^F15:

and the words of the seers;
or the prophets, as the Targum; and the prophets in his days, according to the Jewish chronology ^F16, were Joel, Nahum, and Habakkuk:

that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel;
words of admonition and reproof before his humiliation, and words of comfort, advice, and instruction, after it; the Targum is,

``that spake to him in the name of the Word of the Lord God of Israel:''

behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel;
not in the canonical book so called, where none of the above things, namely, his prayer, and the speeches of the prophets, are to be found, at least not all; but in the annals of the kings of Israel, now lost.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Vid. Fabritii Bibliothec. Graec. l. 3. c. 31. p. 738, 739.
F16 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 20.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 33:18 In-Context

16 And he rebuilt the Mizbe’ach Hashem, and sacrificed thereon zivkhei shelamim and todah, and commanded Yehudah to serve Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, albeit unto Hashem Eloheihem.

18 Now the rest of the acts of Menasheh, and his tefillah unto Elohav, and the divrei HaChozim that spoke to him b’Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel, hinei, they are written in the annals of the Melachim of Yisroel.

19 His tefillah also, and how He was entreated of him, and all his chattat, and his unfaithfulness, and the mekomot (sites, places) wherein he built high places, and set up Asherim and pesilim, before he was humbled; hinei, they are written among the records of Chozai.

20 So Menasheh slept with Avotav, and they buried him in his own bais; and Amon bno reigned in his place.