2 Chronicles 33:12 BSB

2 Chronicles 33:12

And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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ASV

And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

KJV

And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

LETTER 77.4 (420)

O happy penitence which has drawn down upon itself the eyes of God, and which has by confessing its error changed the sentence of God's anger! The same conduct is in the Chronicles attributed to Manasseh, and in the book of the prophet Jonah to Nineveh, and in the gospel to the publican. The first of these not only was allowed to obtain forgiveness but also recovered his kingdom, the second broke the force of God's impending wrath, while the third, striking his breast with his hands, "would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven."

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And when he was in affliction,.... In prison; however, in fetters; according to the Targum, the Chaldeans made an instrument of brass with holes in it, and put him in it, and fire about it, something like the brasen bull of Perillus; and the above Arabian writer (k) calls it a tower of brass: he besought the Lord his God; by prayer and supplication: and humbled himself greatly before the Lord God of his fathers; confessing his sins, expressing great sorrow and repentance for them. (k) Abulph. & Suidas, ib. (Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.)

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He prayed to him for the pardon of sin and the return of his favour. Prayer is the relief of penitents, the relief of the afflicted. That is a good prayer, and very pertinent in this case, which we find among the apocryphal books, entitled, The prayer of Manasses, king of Judah, when he was holden captive in Babylon.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And when he was in affliction - Here is a very large addition in the Chaldee: “For the Chaldeans made a brazen mule, pierced full of small holes, and put him within it, and kindled fires all around it; and when he was in this misery, he sought help of all the idols which he had made, but obtained none, for their were of no use. He therefore repented, and prayed before the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled in the sight of the Lord God of his fathers.”

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּכְהָצֵ֣ר	u.khe.ha.Tzer	and just as harassed	H6887 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	<to> him
חִלָּ֕ה	chi.Lah	he entreated	H2470 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פְּנֵ֖י	pe.Nei	[the] face of	H6440 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָ֑יו	'e.lo.Hav	God his	H430 →
וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע	vai.yi.ka.Na'	and he humbled himself	H3665 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֖י	mi.lif.Nei	from to before	H6440 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:6
  Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 147:6
  The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Matthew 23:12
  For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Through
Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
leads to
- Psalms 107:28
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 34:3–4
  Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Psalms 107:19
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…

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