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2 Chronicles 33:11

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So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

KJV

Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
The Assyrian monuments contain no record of this expedition; but there can be little doubt that it fell into the reign of Esarhaddon (2Ki 19:37 note), who reigned at least thirteen years. Esarhaddon mentions Manasseh among his tributaries; and he was the only king of Assyria who, from time to time, held his court at Babylon. Among the thorns - Translate - “ with rings;” and see 2Ki 19:28 note.

This site's exposition

took Manasseh among the thorns

on 2 Chronicles 33:11-13

This is the material 2 Kings never carries: the king taken among the thorns and bound with fetters for Babylon, likely under Esarhaddon, whom Assyrian records list among his tributaries and who alone of Assyria's kings held court there. In affliction Manasseh besought the Lord and humbled himself greatly, and he was entreated, heard, and returned to his kingdom: then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God, a sentence with no counterpart anywhere in Kings. 2 Kings 23:26 still counts Manasseh's sin as the reason Judah is finally cast out; Chronicles tells the personal mercy without cancelling that verdict, and both stand as the book's two portraits of the same king. A prayer titled the Prayer of Manasseh circulates among the apocryphal books as a devotional filling in of this scene; it is a labeled study resource, never canon, and the verses above are what Scripture itself records.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

on 2 Chronicles 33:10-11

THE proper way for a sinner to be brought to God is for God to speak to him and for him to hear. Manasseh would not come that way—"The Lord spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not listen." Therefore, as God determined to save the rebellious king, He fetched him back by a rougher road—He sent the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took him among the thorns. I am going to talk to you a little about the plain and proper road by which you should come to God.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

We know that the Hebrews sometimes took refuge from their enemies in thickets (1Sa 13:6). But, instead of the Hebrew, Bacochim, "among the thorns", some versions read Bechayim, "among the living", and so the passage would be "took him alive." bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon--The Hebrew word rendered "fetters" denotes properly two chains of brass.

The words behind it

17 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.

  • וַיָּבֵ֨אand he brought

    vaiyave'H935 →2568 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עֲלֵיהֶ֗םon them

    ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שָׂרֵ֤י[the] commanders of

    sareiH8269 →421 times

  • הַצָּבָא֙the army

    hatzava'H6635 →485 times

  • אֲשֶׁר֙which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לְמֶ֣לֶךְ[belonged] to [the] king of

    lemelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשּׁ֔וּרAssyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

  • וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּand they captured

    vaiyilkeduH3920 →121 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מְנַשֶּׁ֖הManasseh

    menashehH4519 →146 times

  • בַּחֹחִ֑יםwith <the> hooks

    bachochimH2336 →12 times

  • וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙and they bound him

    vaiyaasruhuH631 →72 times

  • בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםwith <the> bronze fetters

    banchushtayimH5178 →140 times

  • וַיּוֹלִיכֻ֖הוּand they brought him

    vaiyolikhuhuH1980 →1546 times

  • בָּבֶֽלָה׃Babylon towards

    bavelahH894 →262 times

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

Related verses

18 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.

Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.6 works1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.6 worksEzra 6:22For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.6 works2 Kings 20:18And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”5 worksLuke 15:14After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.4 worksMicah 4:10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.3 works2 Chronicles 21:16Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.3 worksJudges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.3 works2 Kings 25:6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.2 worksPsalms 107:10–14Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,2 works2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.2 worksIsaiah 5:26–30He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!2 worksNehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.2 worksJob 36:8–11And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,2 works1 Samuel 13:6Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.2 worksNehemiah 9:37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.2 worksIsaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.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

    2 Kings 23:33

    And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 8:65

      So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…

    • 2 Kings 25:6

      The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 28:36

    The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 25:11

      Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

    • Deuteronomy 4:28

      And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

    • Jeremiah 16:13

      So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…

    • 2 Chronicles 36:20

      Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

  • Through

    2 Kings 25:6

    The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:33

      And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and…

    • Jeremiah 34:21–22

      And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

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About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. 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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2385: “Another Lesson From Manasseh's Life” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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