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2 Chronicles 33:25
slew Render, smote. The Hebrew word suggests perhaps that there was a conflict between the people and the conspirators.
slew Render, smote. The Hebrew word suggests perhaps that there was a conflict between the people and the conspirators.
Verse 2 Chronicles 33:25. _THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND SLEW ALL THEM_] His murder was not a _popular_ act, for the people slew the regicides. They were as prone to idolatry as their king was. We may rest...
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...
THE REIGN OF AMON (see notes on 2 Kings 21:19). 2 Chronicles 33:22. _Cf._ the words of this verse with 2 Kings 21:21; the Chronicler has modified the words of the latter, which would be inconsist
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. the commonalty. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:1....
16. THE REIGN OF AMON (2 Chronicles 33:20-25) TEXT 2 Chronicles 33:20. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 21. Amon was t...
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...
SLEW. — _Smote._ The verse is identical with 2 Kings 21:24, save that it has “smote” plural instead of singular, which latter is more correct. It may be that the facts thus briefly recorded represent...
וַ יַּכּוּ֙ עַם ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כָּל
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...
_Them. Heb. "all that had conspired against king Amon." H._...
REFLECTIONS MY soul! in the contemplation of such characters as are here represented, behold the awful situation of the wicked. How by sin they destroy themselves, ruin their friends, involve their de...
The short, sinful, and unworthy life of Ammon, terminating as it did by a violent death, opens but little subject for meditation. Alas! how wretched and hopeless for the most part are all such men. Ho...
_A ROYAL TRIO_ ‘So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead,’ etc. 2 Chronicles 33:20 Notice the chief lessons which lie in the l...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:20...
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. 2Ch 33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah h...
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...
THE REIGN OF AMON...
But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon, for having interfered with the office of the king and endangered the welfare of the country by his assassination; AND THE...
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...
21-25 Amon's father did ill, but he did worse. Whatever warnings or convictions he had, he never humbled himself. He was soon cut off in his sins, and made a warning for all men not to abuse the examp...
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2 Chronicles 33:25 people H5971 land H776 executed H5221 (H8686) conspired H7194 (H8802) King H4428 Amon H526
2 Chronicles 33:20 Notice the chief lessons which lie in the life of these three kings. I. Manasseh. There is no limit to the mercy of God. Sinners the chief are welcome to complete forgiveness. If o...
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...
_Josiah his son king in his stead._ FAR-REACHING HEREDITY Josiah was the son of Amon--which is equal to saying that the greatest sinner of his day was the progenitor of one of the finest saints that...
2 CHRONICLES 33:21 Amon. Compare 2 Kings 21:19. During his brief reign (642–640 B.C.), Amon DID NOT HUMBLE HIMSELF. Instead he...
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...
2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 36:1; Genesis 9:5;...