Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 33:18
Verse 2 Chronicles 33:18. The words of the seers that spake to him] "Which were spoken to him in the name of the WORD of the Lord God of Israel." - Targum.
Verse 2 Chronicles 33:18. The words of the seers that spake to him] "Which were spoken to him in the name of the WORD of the Lord God of Israel." - Targum.
The “prayer of Manasseh,” preserved to us in some manuscripts of the Septuagint, has no claim to be considered the genuine utterance of the Jewish king. It is the composition of a Hellenistic Jew, wel...
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
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...
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF MANASSEH, AND HIS PRAYER UNTO HIS GOD, AND THE WORDS OF THE SEERS THAT SPAKE TO HIM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE KING...
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...
HIS PRAYER] What purports to be Manasseh's prayer is preserved in the Apocrypha, but is not considered genuine....
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...
CONCLUSION OF THE REIGN (2 Chronicles 33:18). (18) HIS PRAYER UNTO HIS GOD. — This prayer may or may not have been the basis of the Apocryphal _Prayer of Manasses,_ preserved in the LXX. THE WORDS OF...
וְ יֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁה֮ וּ תְפִלָּתֹ֣ו...
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...
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his (i) prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the...
_Prayer, which is not extant in Hebrew, but in Greek and Latin. As yet it is neither received for canonical, nor rejected by the Church. W. --- Israel. That kingdom had been overturned in the sixth ye...
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...
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; f...
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kin...
_The words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord_ The reproofs they gave him for his sin, and their exhortations to repentance. Let sinners consider, that how little notice soever the...
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...
Now, the rest of the acts of Manasseh and his prayer unto his God, made at the time of his conversion while in captivity, AND THE WORDS OF THE SEERS THAT SPAKE TO HIM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD OF IS...
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...
i.e. Of Judah, oft called Israel, as hath been noted before. He speaks not of that part of the canon, called the BOOK OF KINGS, for these things are not mentioned there; but of their public records, w...
2 Chronicles 33:18 rest H3499 acts H1697 Manasseh H4519 prayer H8605 God H430 words H1697 seers H2374 spoke...
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...
_And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God._ MANASSEH’S WICKEDNESS AND PENITENCE I. Manssseh’s career in crime. II. His return to and acceptance of God. III. The gracious results...
2 CHRONICLES 33:1 Manasseh. Compare 2 Kings 21:1, 2 Kings 21:17. Kings presents Manasseh as the worst of Judah’s kings,
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 11:41; 1 Kings 14:19; 1 Kings 15:31; 1 Samuel 9:9;...
Of Israel — Of Judah, often called Israel, he speaks not of the book of Kings, for these things are not mentioned there, but of their publick records, whence the most important things were taken by th...