Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Chronicles 33:17
Still — Manasseh could not carry the reformation so far as he had carried the corruption. It is an easy thing to debauch men's manners; but not so easy to reform them again.
Still — Manasseh could not carry the reformation so far as he had carried the corruption. It is an easy thing to debauch men's manners; but not so easy to reform them again.
Verse 2 Chronicles 33:17. _THE PEOPLE DID SACRIFICE_] "Nevertheless the people did sacrifice on the high places, but only to the name of the WORD of the Lord their God." - _Targum_....
Compare 2 Kings 21:2, note; 2 Kings 18:4, note....
7. DECLINE AND APOSTASY UNDER MANASSEH AND AMON CHAPTER 33 _ 1. Manasseh's wicked reign (2 Chronicles 33:1)_ 2. Manasseh's imprisonment and restoration (2 Chronicles 33:11) 3. His reign after rest...
2 Chronicles 33:1. THE REIGN OF MANASSEH (see notes on 2 Kings 21:1). 2 Chronicles 33:1 is based upon 2 Kings
yet … _only_ R.V. BUT ONLY.… Cp. 2 Chronicles 32:12, note....
NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE DID SACRIFICE STILL, &C.— Rabbi Kimchi observes very well here, that though Manasseh's repentance might have been sincere, yet it was attended with a melancholy circumstance th...
15. THE REIGN OF MANASSEH. (2 Chronicles 33:1-19) TEXT 2 Chronicles 33:1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 2. And he did that wh...
_NEVERTHELESS THE PEOPLE DID SACRIFICE STILL IN THE HIGH PLACES, YET UNTO THE LORD THEIR GOD ONLY._ The people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only. Here it appear...
THE REIGN OF MANASSEH This chapter repeats, with certain omissions, 2 Kings 21 but the section 2 Chronicles 33:11, relating the captivity in Babylon, repentance, and release of Manasseh, is supplemen...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 33 MANASSEH – 2 CHRONICLES 33:1-20 V1 Manasseh was 12 years old when h...
MANASSEH’S CAPTIVITY AND REPENTANCE — HIS RESTORATION AND REFORMS (2 Chronicles 33:11). This section is peculiar to the Chronicle, and none has excited more scepticism among modern critics. The progr...
אֲבָל֙ עֹ֣וד הָ עָ֔ם זֹבְחִ֖ים בַּ †...
MANASSEH: REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS 2 Chronicles 33:1 In telling the melancholy story of the wickedness of Manasseh in the first period of his reign, the chronicler reproduces the book of Kings, wit...
HUMBLED FATHER, BUT SELF-WILLED SON 2 Chronicles 33:14 Manasseh apparently did his best to undo the evil he had wrought in Jerusalem. So far as the idols and other symbols of idolatry were concerned,...
Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, seems to have set himself to the most willful and persistent restoration of every form of abomination. All the things specifically forbidden were set up in the places sa...
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the (h) LORD their God only. (h) Thus by ignorance they were deceived, thinking it nothing to keep the altars, so that they...
_God. Heb. adds, "only," and not to idols. H. --- This worship was not superstitious, but it was illegal; and it is a misfortune, that Manasses had not as much influence to guide the people in virtue,...
There is a prayer among, the books of the apocrypha said to be this prayer of Manasseh. But the matter is questionable. Happy is it to observe, that a life which begun so unpromising, did yet find mer...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36. Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and after...
NEVERTHELESS, THE PEOPLE DID SACRIFICE STILL IN THE HIGH PLACES,.... Not in those that were built for idols, at least did not sacrifice to them; for it follows: YET UNTO THE LORD THEIR GOD ONLY; the...
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only. Ver. 17. _Nevertheless the people did sacrifice._] Do Manasseh what he could to the contrary. _Plus...
_Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still_, &c. “Rabbi Kimchi observes very well here, that though Manasseh's repentance might be sincere, yet it was attended with a melancholy circumstance, which...
1 Manasseh his wicked reigne. 3 Hee setteth vp idolatry, and would not be admonished. 11 He is caried into Babylon. 12 Vpon his prayer to God hee is released, and putteth downe idolatry. 18 His ac...
Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places, the sanctuaries on the hills, YET UNTO THE LORD, THEIR GOD, ONLY. This act did not always imply idolatry, but often led to the practice...
Manasseh's Punishment and Repentance...
THE REIGN OF MANASSEH (vv.1-9) Manasseh was only 12 years old at the time of his father's death, therefore he was born during the extra fifteen years that God had allowed Hezekiah. Manasseh was give...
1-20 We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. Deprived of his liber...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 33:17 Nevertheless H61 people H5971 sacrificed H2076 (H8802) places H1116 LORD H3068 God H430 people -...
2 Chronicles 33:1. _Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign,_ He was, therefore, born after the time when Hezekiah was raised up from the bed of sickness. That prolongation of life was n...
2 Chronicles 33:1. _Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: but did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,_ Yet who could have h...
CONTENTS: Manassah's accession and evil ways. Reign and death of Amon. Accession of Josiah. CHARACTERS: God, Manasseh, Assyrian king, Amon, Josiah. CONCLUSION: In prosperity men forget God, but in a...
2 Chronicles 33:3. _Made groves._ This word should generally be rendered idols. Manasseh made images of Astartè, or Ashtaroth, and of all the idols of Ahaz. His ministers were idolaters, but concealed...
2 CHRONICLES 33:1 Manasseh. Compare 2 Kings 21:1, 2 Kings 21:17. Kings presents Manasseh as the worst of Judah’s kings,
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 33:15 Manasseh’s reform involved removing the pagan religious symbols that he himself had put in place (vv. 2 Chronicles 33:3,...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 21., yet differs in omitting some things and adding new matter, especially in central part. Impiety of Man. (2 Chronicles 33:1); his captivity an...
EXPOSITION The first twenty verses of this chapter are taken up with the account of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah and Hephzibah, who, beginning to reign at the early age of twelve years, reigned in al...
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-five years (2 Chronicles 33:1) One of the longest. His was the longest reign of any king. He did that which was evil in the...
1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles 32:12; 2 Kings 15:4...
Why is the repentance of Manasseh recorded here, but no mention is made of it in 2 Kings? PROBLEM: According to this text, upon his return, Manasseh repented of his earlier sin and reinstituted the w...