2 Chronicles 33:23
in 2 Chronicles 33but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
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ASV
And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
KJV
And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 33
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThat he came short of his father in repenting: He humbled not himself before the Lord, as his father had humbled himself. He fell like him, but did not get up again like him. It is not so much sin as impenitence in sin that ruins men, not so much that they offend as that they do not humble themselves for their offences, not the disease, but the neglect of the remedy.
This site's exposition
two and twenty years old when he began to reign
on 2 Chronicles 33:21-23
Amon's short two year reign parallels 2 Kings 21:19-26, but verse 23 gives Chronicles' own sentence, found nowhere in Kings: he humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself. The father's chapter just spent three verses on that humbling, so the comparison lands with its full weight already built. Amon sacrifices to the very carved images Manasseh had made and thrown out, keeping his father's sin and refusing his father's repentance in the same breath, and Matthew Henry reads the pairing as proof that impenitence, not the sin itself, is what finally ruins a man.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נִכְנַע֙ | nikhna' | he humbled himself | H3665 → | 36 times |
| מִלִּפְנֵ֣י | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּהִכָּנַ֖ע | kehikana' | as had humbled himself | H3665 → | 36 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אָמ֖וֹן | ʾamon | Amon | H526 → | 17 times |
| הִרְבָּ֥ה | hirbah | he increased | H7235 → | 227 times |
| אַשְׁמָֽה׃ | ʾashmah | guilt | H819 → | 19 times |
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
נִכְנַע֙he humbled himself
nikhna'H3665 →36 times
מִלִּפְנֵ֣יfrom to before
milifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּהִכָּנַ֖עas had humbled himself
kehikana'H3665 →36 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֣הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
אָמ֖וֹןAmon
ʾamonH526 →17 times
הִרְבָּ֥הhe increased
hirbahH7235 →227 times
אַשְׁמָֽה׃guilt
ʾashmahH819 →19 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
2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- Titus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- 2 Timothy 3:8
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
- 2 Peter 2:20
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse…
- 1 Timothy 4:1
Through
2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
it leads to
- Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people…
- Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:26
Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
- Exodus 10:3
Through
Jeremiah 7:26Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
- Jeremiah 16:12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.