2 Chronicles 33:10-12

33:10 The Lord confronted ¹  Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 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, ²  bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. 33:12 In his pain ³  Manasseh ⁴  asked the Lord his God for mercy ⁵  and truly ⁶  humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. ⁷ 

[33:10]  ¹ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[33:11]  ² tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”

[33:12]  ³ tn Or “distress.”

[33:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord his God.”

[33:12]  ⁶ tn Or “greatly.”

[33:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers.”