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33:1 Manasseh <04519> was twelve <06240> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king, and he reigned <04427> for fifty-five <02568> <02572> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. 33:2 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and committed the same horrible sins <08441> practiced by the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> drove out <03423> ahead <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>. 33:3 He rebuilt <01129> <07725> the high places <01116> that <0834> his father <01> Hezekiah <02396> had destroyed <05422>; he set up <06965> altars <04196> for the Baals <01168> and made <06213> Asherah poles <0842>. He bowed down <07812> to all <03605> the stars <06635> in the sky <08064> and worshiped <05647> them. 33:4 He built <01129> altars <04196> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, about which <0834> the Lord <03068> had said <0559>, “Jerusalem <03389> will be <01961> my permanent <05769> home.” 33:5 In the two <08147> courtyards <02691> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> he built <01129> altars <04196> for all <03605> the stars <06635> in the sky <08064>. 33:6 He <01931> passed <05674> his sons <01121> through the fire <0784> in the Valley <01516> of Ben-Hinnom <02011> <01121> and practiced divination <06049>, omen reading <05172>, and sorcery <03784>. He set up <06213> a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits <0178> and appointed magicians <03049> to supervise <07235> it. He did <06213> a great amount of evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and angered <03707> him. 33:7 He put <07760> an idolatrous <05566> image <06459> he had <0834> made <06213> in God’s <0430> temple <01004>, about which God <0430> had <0834> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732> and to <0413> his son <01121> Solomon <08010>, “This <02088> temple <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> I have chosen <0970> out of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, will be my permanent <05865> home. 33:8 I will not <03808> make Israel <03478> again <03254> leave <05493> the land <0127> I gave <05975> to their ancestors <01>, provided that <0518> <07535> they carefully <08104> obey <06213> all <03605> I commanded <06680> them, the whole <03605> law <08451>, the rules <02706> and regulations <04941> given <03027> to Moses <04872>.” 33:9 But Manasseh <04519> misled <08582> the people of Judah <03063> and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> so that they sinned <07451> <06213> more than <04480> the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> had destroyed <08045> ahead <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>. 33:10 The Lord <03068> confronted <0413> <01696> Manasseh <04519> and his people <05971>, but they paid <07181> no <03808> attention <07181>.

• 2Ch 33:1-20 -- Manasseh's Reign

• Witchcraft

  [ebd] (1 Sam. 15:23; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Chr. 33:6; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Gal. 5:20). In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture. The "witch of En-dor" (1 Sam. 28) was a necrom...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• SACRIFICE, HUMAN

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, HUMAN - hu'-man: As an expression of religious devotion, human sacrifice has been widespread at certain stages of the race's development. The tribes of Western Asia were deeply affected by the practice, probably p...
  

• ORDINANCE

  [isbe] ORDINANCE - or'-di-nans: 1. Old Testament Use: This word generally represents chuqqah, something prescribed, enactment, usually with reference to matters of ritual. In the King James Version the same word is frequently trans...
  

• MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF

  [isbe] MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF - || 1. Name 2. Canonicity and Position 3. Contents 4. Original Language 5. Authenticity 6. Author and Motive 7. Date 8. Text and Versions (1) Greek (2) Latin LITERATURE The Prayer of Manasses purport...
  

• MANASSEH (3)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (3) - A king of Judah, son and successor of Hezekiah; reigned 55 years (2 Ki 21:1; 2 Ch 33:1), from circa 685 onward. His was one of the few royal names not compounded with the name of Yahweh (his son Amon's was the...
  

• MAGIC; MAGICIAN

  [isbe] MAGIC; MAGICIAN - maj'-ik, ma-jish'-an: I. DEFINITION II. DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT 1. Magic as Impersonal 2. Margic as Personal III. MAGIC AND RELIGION IV. MAGIC IN THE BIBLE 1. Hostility to Magic 2. Potency of Magical Words ...
  

• IMAGES

  [isbe] IMAGES - im'-aj-iz (tselem; eikon): 1. Definition 2. Origin 3. Historical Beginnings and Early Developments 4. Bible References and Palestinian Customs 5. Most Important Technical Terms (1) Matstsebhah ("pillar") (2) 'Ashera...
  

• HINNOM, VALLEY OF

  [isbe] HINNOM, VALLEY OF - hin'-om (ge hinnom, Josh 15:8; 18:16; "valley of the son of Hinnom" (ge bhen hinnom), Josh 15:8; 18:16; 2 Ch 28:3; 33:6; Jer 7:31 f; 19:2,6; 32:35; "valley of the children (sons) of Hinnom" (ge bhene hinn...
  

• GEHENNA

  [ebd] (originally Ge bene Hinnom; i.e., "the valley of the sons of Hinnom"), a deep, narrow glen to the south of Jerusalem, where the idolatrous Jews offered their children in sacrifice to Molech (2 Chr. 28:3; 33:6; Jer. 7:31; 19:...
  [isbe] GEHENNA - ga-hen'-a (geenna (see Grimm-Thayer, under the word)): Gehenna is a transliteration from the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ge-hinnom, "valley of Hinnom." This latter form, however, is rare in the Old Testament, the pr...
  

• Familiar spirit

  [ebd] Sorcerers or necormancers, who professed to call up the dead to answer questions, were said to have a "familiar spirit" (Deut. 18:11; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chr. 33:6; Lev. 19:31; 20:6; Isa. 8:19; 29:4). Such a person was called by...
  

• FAMILIAR

  [isbe] FAMILIAR - fa-mil'-yar: Is found as an adjective qualifying "friend" and "spirit." (1) Used, in a number of Old Testament passages, of spirits which were supposed to come at the call of one who had power over them. 'obh, lit...
  

• ENCHANTMENT

  [isbe] ENCHANTMENT - en-chant'-ment: The occult arts, either supposedly or pretentiously supernatural, were common to all oriental races. They included enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, sooth-saying, augury, necromancy, divination ...
  

• DIVINATION

  [ebd] of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are mentioned in Ezek. 21:21, by a...
  [isbe] DIVINATION - div-i-na'-shun: 1. Definition 2. Kinds of Divination 3. Fundamental Assumption in Divination 4. Legitimate and Illegitimate Divination 5. The Bible and Divination 6. Modes of Divination Mentioned in the Bible: T...
  

• COURT

  [smith] (Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most commonly to the enclosures of the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 27:9; 40:33; Leviticus 6:16; 1 Kings 6:36; 7:8; 2 Ki...
  

• COMMUNION WITH DEMONS; DEVILS

  [isbe] COMMUNION WITH DEMONS; DEVILS - de'-monz, (dev'-'-lz): I. Use of Term: The actual expression "communion with demons" (koinonoi ton daimonion) occurs but once in Scripture (1 Cor 10:20) where its figurative meaning is evident...
  

• CARVING

  [isbe] CARVING - karv'-ing: Carving, or engraving, was extensively used among the peoples of Bible lands. There were no materials used in the arts which were not subjected to the graver's skill. Carved objects of wood, stone, ivory...
  

• AUGURY

  [isbe] AUGURY - o'-gu-ri o'-gur-i: This word occurs in the Revised Version (British and American) in Lev 19:26; Dt 18:10,14; 2 Ki 21:6, and the parallel in 2 Ch 33:6. In all these cases the verb "practice augury" is in the King Jam...
  

• APOSTASY; APOSTATE

  [isbe] APOSTASY; APOSTATE - a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in th...
  

• King Manasseh

  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...
• What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real?
  The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some informat...

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