2 Chronicles 33:11-13
33:11 So the
Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose,
bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
33:12 In his pain
Manasseh
asked the
Lord his God for mercy
and truly
humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
33:13 When he prayed to the
Lord,
the
Lord responded to him
and answered favorably
his cry for mercy. The
Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the
Lord is the true God.
Daniel 9:3-4
9:3 So I turned my attention
to the Lord God
to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
9:4 I prayed to the
LORD my God, confessing in this way:
“O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,