2 Chronicles 33:11

2 Chronicles 33:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
• New International Version (NIV)So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

Context of 2 Chronicles 33:11

9Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that they did more evil things than the nations that the Lord had destroyed when the Israelites arrived in the land. 10When the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, they wouldn’t even pay attention. So the Lord made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon. 12When he experienced this distress, he begged the Lord his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors. 13He prayed to the Lord, and the Lord accepted his prayer and listened to his request. The Lord brought him back to his kingdom in Jerusalem. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

2 Chronicles 33:11 word by word

וַיָּבֵ֨א יְהוָ֜ה עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם אֶת־שָׂרֵ֤י הַצָּבָא֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה בַּחֹחִ֑ים וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם וַיּוֹלִיכֻ֖הוּ בָּבֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wherefore the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• upon them the captains ofשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• the host ofצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• which tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• among the thornsחוֹחַchôach · thistleH2336
• and bound himאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• with fettersנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• and carriedיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• him to Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 33:11

• Deuteronomy 28:36The Lord will lead you and the king you choose to a nation that you and your ancestors never knew. There you will worship gods made of wood and stone.
• Job 36:8However, if righteous people are bound in chains and tangled in ropes of misery,
• Isaiah 10:8They ask, ‘Aren’t all our commanders kings?
• Isaiah 36:9How can you defeat my master’s lowest-ranking officers when you trust Egypt for chariots and horses?
• Nehemiah 9:32And now, our God, you are the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God. You faithfully keep your promises. Do not consider all the hardships that we have been going through as unimportant. The hardships have come to our kings, leaders, priests, prophets, ancestors, and all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria until now.
• Isaiah 5:26The Lord raises up a flag for the nations far away. With a whistle he signals those at the ends of the earth. Look, they are coming very quickly!
• Isaiah 7:18On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies that are at the distant branches of the Nile River in Egypt and for the bees that are in Assyria.
• Ezekiel 19:4The nations heard about him, caught him in their pit, and brought him with hooks to Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 13:6When the Israelites saw they were in trouble because the army was hard-pressed, they hid in caves, in thorny thickets, among rocks, in pits, and in cisterns.
• Lamentations 3:7He has blocked me so that I can’t get out. He has put heavy chains on me.
• 2 Kings 23:33Pharaoh Necoh made him a prisoner at Riblah in the territory of Hamath during his reign in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.
• 2 Kings 25:6The Babylonians captured the king, brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and passed sentence on him.
• Psalms 107:10Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The Assyrian monuments contain no record of this expedition; but there can be little doubt that it fell into the reign of Esarhaddon (2 Kings 19:37 note), who reigned at least thirteen years. Esarhaddon mentions Manasseh among his tributaries; and he was the only king of Assyria who, from time to time, held his court at Babylon. Among the thorns - Translate - “ with rings;” and see 2 Kings 19:28 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11A nose ring caused both pain and total humiliation. Assyrian records describe this treatment of their prisoners.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. the captains of the host of the king of Assyria--This king was Esar-haddon. After having devoted the first years of his reign to the consolidation of his government at home, he turned his attention to repair the loss of the tributary provinces west of the Euphrates, which, on the disaster and death of Sennacherib, had taken the opportunity of shaking off the Assyrian yoke. Having overrun Palestine and removed the remnant that were left in the kingdom…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 33:11

• Babylon
• Fetters
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Judgments
• Manasseh
• War

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Manasseh
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Babylon, kingdom of
• Bramble
• Jerusalem
• Thistle
• Ashurbanipal

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings