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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>. 33:11 So the Lord <03068> brought <0935> against <05921> them the commanders <08269> of the army <06635> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>. They seized <03920> Manasseh <04519>, put hooks <02336> in his nose, bound <0631> him with bronze chains <05178>, and carried <01980> him away <01980> to Babylon <0894>. 33:12 In his pain <06887> Manasseh asked <02470> the Lord <03068> his God <0430> for mercy <02470> and truly <03966> humbled <03665> himself before <06440> the God <0430> of his ancestors <01>. 33:13 When he prayed <06419> to <0413> the Lord, the Lord responded <06279> to him and answered favorably <08085> his cry for mercy <08467>. The Lord brought <07725> him back <07725> to Jerusalem <03389> to his kingdom <04438>. Then Manasseh <04519> realized <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> is the true God <0430>. 33:14 After <0310> this <03651> Manasseh built up <01129> the outer <02435> wall <02346> of the City <05892> of David <01732> on the west side <04628> of the Gihon <01521> in the valley <05158> to the entrance <0935> of the Fish <01709> Gate <08179> and all around <05437> the terrace <06077>; he made <01361> it much <03966> higher <01361>. He placed <07760> army <02428> officers <08269> in all <03605> the fortified <01219> cities <05892> in Judah <03063>. 33:15 He removed <05493> the foreign <05236> gods <0430> and images <05566> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and all <03605> the altars <04196> he had built <01129> on the hill <02022> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and in Jerusalem <03389>; he threw <07993> them outside <02351> the city <05892>. 33:16 He erected <03559> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> and offered <02076> on <05921> it peace offerings <08002> and thank offerings <08426>. He told <0559> the people of Judah <03063> to serve <05647> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. 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

• 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...
  

• 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

  [smith] (forgetting). The thirteenth king of Judah, son of Hezekiah, (2 Kings 21:1) ascended the throne at the age of twelve, and reigned 55 years, from B.C. 608 to 642. His accession was the signal for an entire change in the re...
  [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, ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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;...
  

• 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...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Ophel

  [ebd] hill; mound, the long, narrow, rounded promontory on the southern slope of the temple hill, between the Tyropoeon and the Kedron valley (2 Chr. 27:3; 33:14; Neh. 3:26, 27). It was surrounded by a separate wall, and was occup...
  [isbe] OPHEL - o'-fel (ha-`ophel (2 Ch 27:3; 33:14; Neh 3:26 f; 11:21; and without article, Isa 32:14 and Mic 4:8; also 2 Ki 5:24)): 1. Meaning of Name: There has been considerable divergence of opinion with regard to the meaning o...
  [smith] (hill), a part of ancient Jerusalem. Ophel was the swelling declivity by which the mount of the temple slopes on its southern side into the valley of Hinnom--a long, narrowish rounded spur or promontory, which intervenes betw...
  [nave] OPHEL, a gate in the wall of the city and the temple, 2 Chr. 27:3; 33:14; Neh. 3:26, 27.
  

• 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....
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  [smith] (the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46? 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18? 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samar...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• Hozai

  [isbe] HOZAI - ho'-za-i (chozay, or as it stands at the close of the verse in question, 2 Ch 33:19, chozay; Septuagint ton horonton; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) "Hozai"; the King James Version the seers; the King J...
  [nave] HOZAI 2 Chr. 33:19
  

• 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...
  

• Josiah

  [isbe] JOSIAH - jo-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, "Yahweh supports him"; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalistic 2. Prophetic 3. Memorial II. TRAITS OF HIS REIGN 1. Situation at the ...
  [nave] JOSIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:24-26; 22:1; 1 Chr. 3:14; 2 Chr. 33:25. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:10, 11. slain in battle with Pharaoh-neco, 2 Kin. 23:29, 30; 2 Chr. 35:20-24. Lamentations for, 2 Chr. 35:25. Piety of...
  

• JERUSALEM, 4

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 4 - IX. History. Pre-Israelite period.--The beginnings of Jerusalem are long before recorded history: at various points in the neighborhood, e.g. at el Bukei`a to the Southwest, and at the northern extremity of th...
  

• Impenitence

  [nave] IMPENITENCE. Lev. 23:26-29; Lev. 26:21 vs. 22-24.; Deut. 29:19-21; 1 Sam. 15:23; Job 9:2, 4; Job 24:13; Job 33:14; Psa. 7:11, 12 v. 13.; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 32:9; Psa. 50:17, 21; Psa. 52:1, 7; Psa. 58:3-5; Psa. 68:21; Psa. 78:8...
  

• ESARHADDON

  [isbe] ESARHADDON - e-sar-had'-on ('ecar-chaddon; Assyrian Asur-ach-iddina, "Ashur hath given a brother"): During his lifetime, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, made his favorite son, Esarhaddon (680-668 BC), the viceroy of Babylon; ...
  [smith] (victor), one of the greatest of the kings of Assyria, was the son of Sennacherib, (2 Kings 19:37) and the grandson of Sargon, who succeeded Shalmaneser. He appears by his monuments to have been one of the most powerful, i...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
• 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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