2 Chronicles 33:18
in 2 Chronicles 33As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
KJV
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33
Commentary
9 notes on this verseOf Israel - Of Judah, often called Israel, he speaks not of the book of Kings, for these things are not mentioned there, but of their publick records, whence the most important things were taken by the prophets, and put into those canonical books.
This site's exposition
the words of the seers who spoke to him
on 2 Chronicles 33:18-20
Chronicles names sources: “the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel” and “the Records of the Seers”, which Matthew Henry takes as drawn from Manasseh’s confession. In 2 Kings 21:18 he is buried in the garden of his house, and Chronicles says only that he “was buried at his palace”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
) to reprove him for his sin he sent his confession when he repented, to be inserted in their memoirs, as a token of his gratitude to them for their kindness in reproving him.
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), the reproofs they gave him for his sin and their exhortations to repentance. Note, Sinners ought to consider, that, how little notice soever they take of them, an account is kept of the words of the seers that speak to them from God to admonish them of their sins, warn them of their danger, and call them to their duty, which will be produced against them in the great day.
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The Jews say, in the twenty second year of his reign. Besought - It becomes sinners to humble themselves before that God, whom they have offended. It becomes sufferers to humble themselves before him that corrects them, and to accept of the punishment of their iniquity.
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,....
A particular account, it seems, was kept, 1. Of all his sin, and his trespass, the high places he built, the groves and images he set up, before he was humbled. Probably this was taken from his own confession which he made of his sin when God gave him repentance, and which he left upon record, in a book entitled, The words of the seers.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The words of the seers that spake to him - “Which were spoken to him in the name of the Word of the Lord God of Israel.” - Targum.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The “prayer of Manasseh,” preserved to us in some manuscripts of the Septuagint, has no claim to be considered the genuine utterance of the Jewish king. It is the composition of a Hellenistic Jew, well acquainted with the Septuagint, writing at a time probably not much anterior to the Christian era. The words of the seers that spake to him - See 2Ki 21:11-15. In the book of the kings of Israel - The writer of Chronicles usually speaks of “the book of the kings of, Judah and Israel” (or “Israel and Judah”). Here be designates the same compilation by a more compendious title, without (apparently) any special reason for the change. Compare 2Ch 20:34.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיֶ֨תֶר | veyeter | and [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | divrei | [the] matters of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁה֮ | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ | utefilato | and prayer his | H8605 → | 72 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֱלֹהָיו֒ | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְדִבְרֵי֙ | vedivrei | and [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַֽחֹזִ֔ים | hachozim | the seers | H2374 → | 17 times |
| הַֽמְדַבְּרִ֣ים | hamdaberim | who spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלָ֔יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּשֵׁ֥ם | beshem | in [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הִנָּ֕ם | hinam | there they | H2005 → | 316 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [are] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֖י | divrei | [the] matters of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| מַלְכֵ֥י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְיֶ֨תֶרand [the] rest of
veyeterH3499 →102 times
דִּבְרֵ֣י[the] matters of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
מְנַשֶּׁה֮Manasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹand prayer his
utefilatoH8605 →72 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֱלֹהָיו֒God his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
וְדִבְרֵי֙and [the] words of
vedivreiH1697 →1440 times
הַֽחֹזִ֔יםthe seers
hachozimH2374 →17 times
הַֽמְדַבְּרִ֣יםwho spoke
hamdaberimH1696 →1141 times
אֵלָ֔יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
בְּשֵׁ֥םin [the] name of
beshemH8034 →864 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הִנָּ֕םthere they
hinamH2005 →316 times
עַל־[are] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
דִּבְרֵ֖י[the] matters of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
it leads to
- Romans 16:18
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 13:7–10
Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
- Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by…
- Amos 7:13
But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
- Amos 2:12
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- Romans 16:18
Through
2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled…
it leads to
- Acts 9:11
“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Acts 9:11
Through
Amos 7:12And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
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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 Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.