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33:17 The people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> at the high places <01116>, but only <07535> to the Lord <03068> their God <0430>. 33:18 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Manasseh’s <04519> reign, including his prayer <08605> to <0413> his God <0430> and the words <01697> the prophets <02374> spoke <01696> to <0413> him in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, are recorded in <05921> the Annals <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 33:19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer <08605>, give an account <03789> of how the Lord responded <06279> to it, record <01697> all <03605> his sins <02403> and unfaithful acts <04604>, and identify the sites <04725> where <0834> he built <01129> high places <01116> and erected <05975> Asherah poles <0842> and idols <06456> before <06440> he humbled <03665> himself. 33:20 Manasseh <04519> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in his palace <01004>. His son <01121> Amon <0526> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 33:21 Amon <0526> was twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for two <08147> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. 33:22 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, just like <0834> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done <06213>. He <0526> offered <06213> sacrifices to all <03605> the idols <06456> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had made <02076>, and worshiped <05647> them. 33:23 He did not <03808> humble <03665> himself before <06440> the Lord <03068> as his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done. Amon <0526> was guilty <0819> of great <07235> sin. 33:24 His servants <05650> conspired <07194> against <05921> him and killed <04191> him in his palace <01004>. 33:25 The people <05971> of the land <0776> executed <05221> all <03605> who had conspired <07194> against <05921> King <04428> Amon <0526>, and they <0776> <05971> made <04427> his son <01121> Josiah <02977> king <04427> in his place <08478>.

• 2Ch 33:21-25 -- Amon's Reign

• UZZA; UZZAH

  [isbe] UZZA; UZZAH - uz'-a, uz'-a ('uzzah (2 Sam 6:6-8), otherwise `uzza' meaning uncertain): (1) One of those who accompanied the ark on its journey from Kiriath-jearim toward David's citadel (2 Sam 6:3-8, "Uzzah" = 1 Ch 13:7-11, ...
  

• Seer

  [ebd] a name sometimes applied to the prophets because of the visions granted to them. It is first found in 1 Sam. 9:9. It is afterwards applied to Zadok, Gad, etc. (2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 1 Chr. 9:22; 25:5; 2 Chr. 9:29; Amos 7:12; ...
  

• Samuel

  [ebd] heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly prayed to God that she might...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Revivals

  [nave] REVIVALS. Religious Zech. 8:20-23. Prayer for, Hab. 3:2. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 32:15; Joel 2:28; Mic. 4:1-8; Hab. 3:2. Instances of Under Joshua, Josh. 5:2-9; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:1-6; Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:17-40; Jehoas...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Manasseh

  [nave] MANASSEH 1. Son of Joseph and Asenath, Gen. 41:50, 51; 46:20; adopted by Jacob on his deathbed, Gen. 48:1, 5-20. Called Manasses, Rev. 7:6. 2. Tribe of. Descendants of Joseph. The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, ...
  

• Manaen

  [ebd] consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V. "foster brother" of) Herod, i....
  

• 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...
  

• MANASSES

  [isbe] MANASSES - ma-nas'-ez (Manasses; Codex Vaticanus Manasse): (1) One who had married a "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:33) = "Manasseh" of Ezr 10:33. (2) The wealthy husband of Judith; died of sunstroke when employed at the barley ...
  

• 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...
  

• MANASSEH (1)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (1) - ma-nas'-e (menashsheh, "causing to forget"; compare Gen 41:51; Man(n)asse): (1) The firstborn of Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On. See next article. (2) The tribe named from Manasseh, ha...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Influence

  [nave] INFLUENCE. Evil 1 Kin. 11:3, 4; 1 Kin. 15:25, 26; 1 Kin. 21:25; 1 Kin. 22:51-53; 2 Kin. 8:16-18, 25-27; 2 Kin. 17:21, 22; 2 Kin. 21:9; 2 Chr. 21:5, 6; 2 Chr. 22:3-5; 2 Chr. 33:9; Prov. 22:24, 25; Prov. 29:12; Jer. 17:1, 2;...
  

• HIGH PLACE

  [isbe] HIGH PLACE - 1. General: (1) "High place" is the normal translation of bamah, a word that means simply "elevation" (Jer 26:18; Ezek 36:2, etc.; compare the use in Job 9:8 of the waves of the sea. For the plural as a proper n...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• 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...
  

• Book

  [nave] BOOK Genealogies kept in, Gen. 5:1. Law of Moses written in, Num. 5:23; Deut. 17:18; 31:9, 24, 26; 2 Kin. 22:8. Topography of Palestine, recorded in, Josh. 18:9. Chronicles of the times kept in: By Jasher, Josh. 10:13; 2 ...
  

• Amon

  [ebd] builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). (2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set...
  [isbe] AMON - a'-mon ('amon): A name identical with that of the Egyptian local deity of Thebes (No); compare Jer 46:25. The foreign name given to a Hebrew prince is remarkable, as is also the fact that it is one of the two or three...
  [nave] AMON 1. Governor of the city of Samaria, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 2. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:18-26; 2 Chr. 33:21-25; Zeph. 1:1; Matt. 1:10. 3. Ancestor of one of the families of the Nethinim, Neh. 7:59. Called Ami, Ez...
  

• 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 God Hear the Prayer of the Wicked?
  We have precedent for such a belief. A striking example is that of Manasseh (II Chron. 33:18). A greater sinner than he it would be difficult to imagine. We can understand prayers of sinners for temporal blessings being unhea...

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