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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.

Context of 2 Chronicles 33:11

9But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites. 10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 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. 12In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. 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 drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.
• Job 36:8But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
• Isaiah 10:8‘Are not my commanders all kings?’ he says.
• Isaiah 36:9How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• Nehemiah 9:32“Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty and awesome, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
• Isaiah 5:26He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!
• Isaiah 7:18In that day the Lord will whistle for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.
• Ezekiel 19:4The nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 13:6When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
• Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.
• 2 Kings 23:33Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
• 2 Kings 25:6and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him.
• Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering 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