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2 Chronicles 33

1Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519wastwelveyearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםva.cha.mi.ShimH2572andfiveוְחָמֵשׁ֙ve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

2Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah, aftertheabominationsכְּתֽוֹעֲבוֹת֙ke.to.'a.VotH8441ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whomJehovahcastoutbeforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

3ForhebuiltH1129againthehighהַבָּמ֔וֹתha.ba.MotH1116placesH1116whichHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1hadbrokenH5422downוַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vai.yish.Ta.chuH7812;andherearedupaltarsמִזְבְּח֤וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196fortheBaalim,andmadeH6213Asheroth,andworshippedallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,andservedH5647them.

4AndhebuiltH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196inthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofJehovah, whereofJehovahsaidH559,InJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֥םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389shallmynameשְּׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034beיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.

5AndhebuiltH1129altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196forallthehostצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635ofheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064inthetwoבִּשְׁתֵּ֖יbish.TeiH8147courtsofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah.

6HealsomadeH6213hischildrentopassהֶעֱבִ֨ירhe.'e.VirH5674throughthefireבָּאֵשׁ֙ba.'EshH784inthevalleyבְּגֵ֣יbe.GeiH1516ofthesonH1121ofHinnomהִנֹּ֔םhi.NomH2011;andhepractised augury,andusedenchantments,andpractisedsorcery,anddealtwiththemthathadfamiliar spirits,andwithwizards:hewroughtmuchH7235evilהָרַ֛עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,toprovokeלְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃le.hakh.'i.SoH3707himtoangerH3707.

7AndhesetH7760thegravenimageH6459oftheidolפֶּ֥סֶלPe.selH6459,whichhehadmadeH6213,inthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֗יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,ofwhichGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430saidH559toDavidדָּוִיד֙da.VidH1732andtoSolomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010hissonבְנ֔וֹve.NoH1121,Inthishouseבַּבַּ֨יִתba.Ba.yitH1004,andinJerusalemוּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,whichIhavechosenoutofallthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,willIputH7760mynameשְׁמִ֖יshe.MiH8034forever:

8neitherwillIanymoreremoveלְהָסִיר֙le.ha.SirH5493thefootרֶ֣גֶלRe.gelH7272ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478fromoffthelandH127whichIhaveappointedהֶֽעֱמַ֖דְתִּיhe.'e.Mad.tiH5975foryourfathersH1,ifonlyרַ֣ק׀rakH7535theywillobserveH8104todoallthatIhavecommandedצִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimH6680them,evenallthelawהַתּוֹרָ֛הha.to.RahH8451andthestatutesH2706andtheordinancesH4941givenbyMosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

9AndManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehH4519seducedJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andtheinhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵ֣יve.yo.she.VeiH3427ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,sothattheydidevilרָ֔עRa'H7451moreמִן־min-H4480thandidthenationsהַ֨גּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471whomJehovahdestroyedהִשְׁמִ֣ידhish.MidH8045beforethechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

10AndJehovahspaketoManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֥הme.na.ShehH4519,andtohispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971;buttheygavenoheed.

11WhereforeJehovahbroughtH935uponthemthecaptainsofthehostH6635ofthekingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,whotookH3920Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֖הme.na.ShehH4519inchains,andboundH631himwithfettersבַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםban.chush.Ta.yimH5178,andcarriedhimtoBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

12Andwhenhewasindistress,hebesoughtJehovahhisGodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430,andhumbledH3665himselfgreatlybeforetheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhisfathersH1.

13Andheprayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419untohim;andhewasentreatedוַיֵּעָ֤תֶרvai.ye.'A.terH6279ofhim,andheardH8085hissupplicationתְּחִנָּת֔וֹte.chi.na.ToH8467,andbroughtH7725himagaintoJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389intohiskingdomלְמַלְכוּת֑וֹle.mal.khu.ToH4438.ThenManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehH4519knewH3045thatJehovahhewasGodהָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃Ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

14NowafterthishebuiltH1129anouterחִֽיצוֹנָ֣ה׀chi.tzo.NahH2435wallחוֹמָ֣הcho.MahH2346tothecityלְעִיר־le.'ir-H5892ofDavidדָּוִ֡ידda.VidH1732,onthewestמַעְרָבָה֩ma'.ra.VahH4628sideofGihonלְגִיח֨וֹןle.gi.ChonH1521,inthevalley,eventotheentranceatthefishהַדָּגִים֙ha.da.GimH1709gateבְשַׁ֤עַרve.Sha.'arH8179;andhecompassedOphelלָעֹ֔פֶלla.'O.felH6077aboutwithit,andraisedituptoaveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966greatheight:andheputוַיָּ֧שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760valiantcaptainsinallthefortifiedH1219citiesהֶעָרִ֥יםhe.'a.RimH5892ofJudahבִּיהוּדָֽה׃bi.hu.DahH3063.

15AndhetookawayH5493theforeigngodsאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430,andtheidolH5566outofthehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofJehovah,andallthealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּח֗וֹתha.miz.be.ChotH4196thathehadbuiltH1129inthemountofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah,andinJerusalemוּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑םu.vi.ru.sha.LimH3389,andcastH7993themoutofthecityלָעִֽיר׃la.'IrH5892.

16Andhebuiltupthealtarמִזְבַּ֣חmiz.BachH4196ofJehovah,andofferedH2076thereonsacrificesH2077ofpeace-offeringsandofthanksgivingוְתוֹדָ֑הve.to.DahH8426,andcommandedJudahלִֽיהוּדָ֔הli.hu.DahH3063toserveלַעֲב֕וֹדla.'a.VodH5647Jehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

17Neverthelessthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971sacrificedH2076stillע֣וֹדodH5750inthehighבַּבָּמ֑וֹתba.ba.MotH1116placesH1116,butonlyרַ֖קrakH7535untoJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

18Nowtherestוְיֶ֨תֶרve.Ye.terH3499oftheactsofManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֮me.na.ShehH4519,andhisprayerוּתְפִלָּת֣וֹu.te.fi.la.ToH8605untohisGodאֱלֹהָיו֒'e.lo.HavH430,andthewordsH1697oftheseersהַֽחֹזִ֔יםha.cho.ZimH2374thatspaketohiminthenameבְּשֵׁ֥םbe.ShemH8034ofJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,behold,theyarewrittenamongtheactsofthekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

19Hisprayerוּתְפִלָּת֣וֹu.te.fi.la.ToH8605also,andhowGodwasentreatedוְהֵֽעָתֶר־ve.he.'a.ter-H6279ofhim,andallhissinחַטָּאת֣וֹcha.ta.ToH2403andhistrespass,andtheplacesH1116whereinhebuiltH1129highבָּמוֹת֙ba.mOtH1116placesH1116,andsetוְהֶעֱמִיד֙ve.he.'e.MidH5975uptheAsherimandthegravenimages,beforehehumbledH3665himself,behold,theyarewrittenH3789inthehistoryofHozai.

20SoManassehמְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehH4519sleptwithhisfathersH1,andtheyburiedH6912himinhisownhouseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004:andAmonאָמ֥וֹן'a.MonH526hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

21Amonאָמ֣וֹן'a.MonH526wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.RimH6242andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֛יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427twoוּשְׁתַּ֣יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimH8141inJerusalemבִּֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

22Andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,asdidManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1;andAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526sacrificedH2076untoallthegravenimageswhichManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519hisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1hadmadeH6213,andservedH5647them.

23AndhehumbledH3665nothimselfbeforeJehovah,asManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֣הme.na.ShehH4519hisfatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1hadhumbledH3665himself;butthissameAmonאָמ֖וֹן'a.MonH526trespassedmoreandmore.

24Andhisservantsעֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.DavH5650conspiredagainsthim,andputH4191himtodeathH4191inhisownhouseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

25Butthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776slewallthemthathadconspiredagainstkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Amonאָמ֑וֹן'a.MonH526;andthepeopleעַם־'am-H5971ofthelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776madeJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huH2977hissonבְנ֖וֹve.NoH1121kingH4428inhisstead.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33

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