2 Chronicles 33:11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:11-20

We have seen Manasseh by his wickedness undoing the good that his father had done; here we have him by repentance undoing the evil that he himself had done. It is strange that this was not so much as mentioned in the book of Kings, nor does any thing appear there to the contrary but that he persisted and perished in his son. But perhaps the reason was because the design of that history was to show the wickedness of the nation which brought destruction upon them; and this repentance of Manasseh... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:11

Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria ,.... Who was Esarhaddon, the son and successor of Sennacherib; this, according to the Jewish chronology F6 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 24. p. 67. , was in the twenty second year of Manasseh's reign: which took Manasseh among the thorns ; in a thicket of briers and thorns, where, upon his defeat, he had hid himself; a fit emblem of the afflictions and troubles his sins brought him into: and bound him... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

Uncertain repentances. While the father Hezekiah filled one of the niches of the throe typical best kings, his son Manasseh, the thirteenth King of Judah, by mournful contrast, occupies one of those of the three worst of all the kings of both lines, the other two being Jeroboam and Ahab. His reign, filling the longest space of all, viz. fifty-five years, occupies but a very unequal space on the page of the present history, and a yet shorter in the parallel ( 2 Kings 21:1-18 ). Eventful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

The reign of Manasseh. I. ITS EARLY COMMENCEMENT . Manasseh, "One who forgets" (Gesenius)—an exceedingly appropriate name for one who in his lifetime forgat God and every good thing; in the inscriptions Minasi; perhaps so called "in allusion to the zeal with which the northern tribe had joined in Hezekiah's reforms" ( 2 Chronicles 30:11 ), or to the desire which prevailed in Hezekiah's reign for a union of the two kingdoms" (Stanley)—was twelve years old when he ascended his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:10-17

The penitent. In these words we have— I. THE LAST AND WORST SYMPTOM OF DEPARTURE FROM GOD — OBDURACY . "The Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken" (verse 10). Sin reaches its extremity when it deliberately and determinately closes its ear against the recognized voice of God. A defiant refusal to listen when God is speaking to us is surely the ne plus ultra of iniquity; guilt can go no further (see Proverbs 2:1-22 :24 33). II. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:11

The contents of this and the following six verses (to the seventeenth) are not in the parallel, though their place there is plain. That parallel, however, supplies in its 2 Chronicles 33:16 a very forcible narration of the evil conduct of Manasseh in Jerusalem itself, so that he "filled" it with "innocent blood" from "one end to another." The King of Assyria ; i.e. either Esarhaddon, B.C. 680, or (though it is not probable) his son, Assur-banipal, B.C. 667-647. Among the thorns; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:11-17

Manasseh's repentance. I. ITS IMPELLING CAUSE . 1 . The grace of God. That the regeneration and conversion of a soul is a work of Divine grace is taught hardly less clearly in the Old Testament ( Deuteronomy 30:6 ; 1 Kings 8:58 ; Psalms 110:3 ; Isaiah 26:12 ; Jeremiah 13:23 ; Jeremiah 24:7 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Zechariah 12:10 ) than in the New ( John 1:13 ; John 3:3 ; John 6:44 , John 6:63 , John 6:65 ; Ephesians 2:1-10 ; Ephesians... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:11

The Assyrian monuments contain no record of this expedition; but there can be little doubt that it fell into the reign of Esarhaddon (2 Kings 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 2 Kings 19:28 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 33:11

2 Chronicles 33:11. The Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria Some suppose that Esar-haddon, the successor of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, is here meant, and that, in consequence of the royal family failing in Babylon, he found means to bring that kingdom under his yoke again; or that, by force of arms, or some other means, he recovered it from Merodach-Baladan. They say that he held it thirteen years, and that it was during this time that Manasseh was... read more

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