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2 Chronicles 33:1

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Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.

KJV

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Manasseh was twelve years old,.... From hence to the end of 2Ch 33:9 the same things are recorded, almost word for word, as in 2Ki 21:1, see the notes there. See Gill on 2Ki 21:1.

This site's exposition

twelve years old when he became king

on 2 Chronicles 33:1-2

Manasseh's fifty five years are the longest reign of any king of Judah. Chronicles opens by tracking 2 Kings 21 almost word for word through verse 9. Verse 2 measures the son by his father's opposite: Hezekiah tore the high places down, and Manasseh will build them again.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Compare references and notes. The author of Chronicles differs chiefly from Kings in additions (see the 2Ki 21:17 note). The central part of this chapter (2Ch 33:11-19) is almost entirely new matter.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Manasseh was twelve years old - We do not find that he had any godly director; his youth was therefore the more easily seduced. But surely he had a pious education; how then could the principles of it be so soon eradicated?

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheteimH8147 →768 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵ֛הten

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מְנַשֶּׁ֣הManasseh

    menashehH4519 →146 times

  • בְמָלְכ֑וֹwhen became king he

    vemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםand fifty

    vachamishimH2572 →163 times

  • וְחָמֵשׁ֙and five

    vechameshH2568 →343 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 21:1–18Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.4 works1 Chronicles 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,3 works2 Chronicles 32:33And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.2 worksIsaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”2 worksIsaiah 3:12Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.2 worksMatthew 1:10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,2 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.2 works2 Chronicles 33:21Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.2 works2 Chronicles 33:23but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.2 works2 Chronicles 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 3:12

    Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 3:4

      “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

    • Nahum 3:13

      Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

    • 2 Kings 11:1

      When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

  • Through

    Isaiah 3:4

    “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”

    it leads to

    • Ecclesiastes 10:16

      Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:13

    Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 16:1

      In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

    • 2 Kings 18:1

      In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

    • 2 Chronicles 29:1

      Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 32:33

    And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned…

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 10:7

      The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 33 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.

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