2 Chronicles 33:13

2 Chronicles 33:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
• New International Version (NIV)And 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

Context of 2 Chronicles 33:13

11wherefore Yhwh brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 12And when he was in affliction, he besought Yhwh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yhwh he was God. 14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. 15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of Yhwh, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Yhwh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2 Chronicles 33:13 word by word

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל אֵלָ֗יו וַיֵּעָ֤תֶר לוֹ֙ וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע תְּחִנָּת֔וֹ וַיְשִׁיבֵ֥הוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לְמַלְכוּת֑וֹ וַיֵּ֣דַע מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֥וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• And prayedפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• unto him: and he was intreatedעָתַר‛âthar · to prayH6279
• of him, and heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• his supplicationתְּחִנָּהtechinnâh · supplicationH8467
• and brought him againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• into his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• Then Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 33:13

• 1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
• Ezra 8:23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
• Job 22:23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
• Job 33:16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
• Psalms 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Yhwh while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Jeremiah 29:12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
• Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Luke 23:42And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
• John 4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
• Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yhwh God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Yhwh which is in Jerusalem:
• Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please Yhwh, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of Yhwh, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
• Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Deuteronomy 29:6Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am Yhwh your God.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 33:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And prayed unto him - "While he was thus praying, all the presiding angels went away to the gates of prayer in heaven; and shut all the gates of prayer, and all the windows and apertures in heaven, lest that his prayer should be heard. Immediately the compassions of the Creator of the world were moved, whose right hand is stretched out to receive sinners, who are converted to his fear, and break their hearts' concupiscence by repentance. He made therefore…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Manasseh's experience was a small version of what the nation would face: exile and captivity due to turning away from God, followed by repentance and returning to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God--In the solitude of exile or imprisonment, Manasseh had leisure for reflection. The calamities forced upon him a review of his past life, under a conviction that the miseries of his dethronement and captive condition were owing to his awful and unprecedented apostasy (2Ch 33:7) from the God of his fathers. He humbled himself, repented, and prayed for an opportunity of bringing forth the fruits…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 33:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Influence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Manasseh
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Revivals

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jerusalem
• Manasseh
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Josiah
• Manasseh (3)
• Manasses, the Prayer of
• Names, Proper

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