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

9Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. 10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. Therefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. 12When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was 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

• Therefore the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the commandersשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of the armyצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• them, and they capturedלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• hooksחוֹחַchôach · thistleH2336
• boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• him with bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• and tookהָלַךְhâlak · to go: takeH1980
• him to Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 33:11

• Deuteronomy 28:36The Lord will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
• Job 36:8And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction,
• Isaiah 10:8For it says, “Are not my princes all kings?
• Isaiah 36:9How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master’s servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
• Nehemiah 9:32“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.
• Isaiah 5:26He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
• Isaiah 7:18In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
• Ezekiel 19:4Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 13:6When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
• Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.
• 2 Kings 23:33Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
• 2 Kings 25:6Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.
• Psalms 107:10There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and 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