New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Chronicles 33:1-7
11Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
22He did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
3For 3he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; 4he also set up altars for the Baals and made 5Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly 6lights and served them.
47He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be 8in Jerusalem forever.”
5He built altars for all the heavenly 9lights in 10the two courtyards of the house of the Lord.
611He also made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery, and 12dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
7Then he put 13the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “14In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;
Notes
- 1. 2 Chronicles 33:1 2 Kin 21:1-9 ↩
- 2. 2 Chronicles 33:2 2 Chr 28:3; Jer 15:4 ↩
- 3. 2 Chronicles 33:3 2 Chr 31:1 ↩
- 4. 2 Chronicles 33:3 Deut 16:21; 2 Kin 23:5, 6 ↩
- 5. 2 Chronicles 33:3 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah) ↩
- 6. 2 Chronicles 33:3 Lit host ↩
- 7. 2 Chronicles 33:4 2 Chr 28:24 ↩
- 8. 2 Chronicles 33:4 2 Sam 7:13; 2 Chr 7:16 ↩
- 9. 2 Chronicles 33:5 Lit host ↩
- 10. 2 Chronicles 33:5 2 Chr 4:9 ↩
- 11. 2 Chronicles 33:6 2 Chr 28:3 ↩
- 12. 2 Chronicles 33:6 Lev 19:31; 20:27 ↩
- 13. 2 Chronicles 33:7 2 Chr 33:15 ↩
- 14. 2 Chronicles 33:7 1 Kin 9:3-5; 2 Chr 7:16; 33:4 ↩
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
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