2 Chronicles 33:19
in 2 Chronicles 33His 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 himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
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ASV
His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
KJV
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The seers - Most moderns adopt the translation given in the margin of the Authorized Version, making Hosai (or rather, Chozai) a proper name. The point is a doubtful one.
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”.
This site's exposition
the Records of the Seers
Many read the Records of the Seers as the book of a prophet named Hozai, and Albert Barnes calls the point doubtful. The record kept his sins and high places beside his prayer. Both halves of his life were written down.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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.
His prayer also,....
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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
His prayer also - What is called the Prayer of Manasseh, king of Judah, when he was holden captive in Babylon, being found among our apocryphal books, I have inserted it at the end of the chapter, without either asserting or thinking that it is the identical prayer which this penitent king used when a captive in Babylon. But, as I have observed in another place, there are many good sentiments in it; and some sinners may find it a proper echo of the distresses of their hearts; I therefore insert it. Written among the sayings of the seers - “They are written in the words of Chozai.” - Targum. So says the Vulgate. The Syriac has Hunan the prophet; and the Arabic has Saphan the prophet.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
and they buried him in his house Like “in his house.” In II Kings (21:18) it is written: “in the garden of his house.” He did not merit to be buried with his forefathers.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ | utefilato | and prayer his | H8605 → | 72 times |
| וְהֵֽעָתֶר־ | veheater- | and being entreated | H6279 → | |
| לוֹ֮ | lo | by him | ||
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַטָּאת֣וֹ | chatato | sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וּמַעְלוֹ֒ | uma'lo | and unfaithfulness his | H4604 → | 28 times |
| וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹת | vehamekomot | and the places | H4725 → | 401 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּנָ֨ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בָהֶ֤ם | vahem | at them | ||
| בָּמוֹת֙ | bamot | high places | H1116 → | 102 times |
| וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ | veheemid | and he set up | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣ים | haasherim | the Asherah poles | H842 → | 40 times |
| וְהַפְּסִלִ֔ים | vehapesilim | and the idols | H6456 → | 23 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הִכָּנְע֑וֹ | hikaneo | he humbled himself | H3665 → | 36 times |
| הִנָּ֣ם | hinam | there they | H2005 → | 316 times |
| כְּתוּבִ֔ים | ketuvim | [are] written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| חוֹזָֽי׃ | chozai | Hozai | H2335 → |
וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹand prayer his
utefilatoH8605 →72 times
וְהֵֽעָתֶר־and being entreated
veheater-H6279 →
לוֹ֮by him
lo
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
חַטָּאת֣וֹsin his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
וּמַעְלוֹ֒and unfaithfulness his
uma'loH4604 →28 times
וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹתand the places
vehamekomotH4725 →401 times
אֲשֶׁר֩which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּנָ֨הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
בָהֶ֤םat them
vahem
בָּמוֹת֙high places
bamotH1116 →102 times
וְהֶעֱמִיד֙and he set up
veheemidH5975 →521 times
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣יםthe Asherah poles
haasherimH842 →40 times
וְהַפְּסִלִ֔יםand the idols
vehapesilimH6456 →23 times
לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הִכָּנְע֑וֹhe humbled himself
hikaneoH3665 →36 times
הִנָּ֣םthere they
hinamH2005 →316 times
כְּתוּבִ֔ים[are] written
ketuvimH3789 →224 times
עַ֖לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
חוֹזָֽי׃Hozai
chozaiH2335 →
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
1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
it leads to
- Psalms 32:5
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Jeremiah 33:8
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- Psalms 51:2–5
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Psalms 32:5
Through
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.
it leads to
- Acts 9:30
When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
- Acts 11:25
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
- Acts 9:30
Through
Romans 5:16Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
it leads to
- Acts 13:38–39
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
- Acts 13:38–39
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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.