2 Chronicles — Chapter 33

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2 Chronicles 33:1 ^RManasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

2 Chr 32:33; 2 Kgs 21:1-18

2 Chronicles 33:2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, ^Rlike unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

2 Chr 28:3; 2 Chr 36:14

2 Chronicles 33:3 For ^R^The built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Eccl 2:19; Eccl 9:18

he returned and built

2 Chronicles 33:4 Also ^Rhe built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

2 Chr 33:15; 2 Chr 34:3-4

2 Chronicles 33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven ^Rin the two courts of the house of the LORD.

2 Chr 4:9; Jer 32:34-35

2 Chronicles 33:6 And he ^Rcaused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2 Chr 28:3; Lev 18:21

2 Chronicles 33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, ^Rin the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

2 Kgs 21:7-8; 2 Kgs 23:6

2 Chronicles 33:8 Neither ^Rwill I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

2 Sam 7:10; 1 Chr 17:9

2 Chronicles 33:9 So Manasseh ^Rmade Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

1 Kgs 14:16; 1 Kgs 15:26

2 Chronicles 33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

2 Chronicles 33:11 Wherefore ^Rthe LORD brought upon them the captains of the host ^Tof the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with ^Tfetters, and carried him to Babylon.

Deut 28:36; Job 36:8

which were the king’s

chains

2 Chronicles 33:12 ^RAnd when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

2 Chr 28:22; Lev 26:39-42

2 Chronicles 33:13 And prayed unto him: and ^Rhe was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

1 Chr 5:20; Ezra 8:23

2 Chronicles 33:14 Now after this ^Rhe built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about ^TOphel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

2 Chr 32:5

the tower

2 Chronicles 33:15 And ^Rhe took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2 Chr 33:3-7; 2 Kgs 21:7

2 Chronicles 33:16 And he ^Rrepaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chr 29:18; 1 Kgs 18:30

2 Chronicles 33:17 Nevertheless the ^Rpeople did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

2 Chr 15:17; 2 Chr 32:12

2 Chronicles 33:18 Now ^Rthe rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chr 20:34; 2 Chr 32:32

2 Chronicles 33:19 ^RHis prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of ^Tthe seers.

2 Chr 33:11-12,19; Prov 15:8

Hosai

2 Chronicles 33:20 So ^RManasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chr 32:33; 2 Kgs 21:18

2 Chronicles 33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned ^Rtwo years in Jerusalem.

2 Chr 33:1; Luke 12:19-20

2 Chronicles 33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, ^Ras did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

2 Chr 33:1-10; 2 Kgs 21:1-11,20

2 Chronicles 33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon ^R^Ttrespassed more and more.

2 Chr 28:22; Jer 7:26

multiplied trespass

2 Chronicles 33:24 ^RAnd his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

2 Chr 24:25-26; 2 Chr 25:27-28

2 Chronicles 33:25 But the people of the land ^Rslew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

Gen 9:5-6; Num 35:31,33

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Chronicles 33:1–10 — Manasseh's rebellion

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Manasseh rebuilds idolatrous worship, brings forbidden altars into the temple, and harms his children through false religious practices. He leads Judah into great evil, and neither he nor the people listen to God's warning. The account clearly condemns these actions, showing how destructive influence can spread through a community.

Key Truth: Listen to warning before wrongdoing becomes entrenched.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Chronicles 33:11–20 — Humility and changed actions

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Taken captive, Manasseh humbles himself and prays. God hears and restores him, and he removes idols and repairs the LORD's altar. His repentance is expressed in changed conduct, though the people's practices remain imperfect. The account offers hope of mercy without denying the seriousness of his earlier wrongdoing.

Key Truth: Repentance includes humility and changed conduct.

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📖 What We’re Reading

2 Chronicles 33:21–25 — Amon refuses humility

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Amon follows his father's earlier idols but does not follow his later humility. His wrongdoing increases, and a conspiracy ends his brief reign. The people then establish Josiah. The contrast separates inherited influence from personal response: Amon had both a bad example and an example of repentance available to him.

Key Truth: Choose repentance rather than merely repeating inherited wrongs.

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Psalms 51:17 — The psalm values a broken and contrite heart before God.

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