2 Chronicles 33:12 NIV

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 33:12

And when he was in affliction ,.... In prison; however, in fetters; according to the Targum, the Chaldeans made an instrument of brass with holes in it, and put him in it, and fire about it, something like the brasen bull of Perillus; and the above Arabian writer F11 Abulph. & Suidas, ib. (Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.) calls it a tower of brass: he besought the Lord his God ; by prayer and supplication: and humbled himself greatly before the Lord God of his fathers ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in affliction - Here is a very large addition in the Chaldee: "For the Chaldeans made a brazen mule, pierced full of small holes, and put him within it, and kindled fires all around it; and when he was in this misery, he sought help of all the idols which he had made, but obtained none, for their were of no use. He therefore repented, and prayed before the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled in the sight of the Lord God of his fathers." 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 33:11-17

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 33:12

2 Chronicles 33:12. When he was in affliction he besought the Lord his God Being “deprived of his authority and liberty, and secluded from his evil counsellors and companions, and from all his pleasures, in chains, and in a prison, without any other prospect than of ending his days in that wretched situation, he had leisure to reflect on what had passed. He then, no doubt, recollected the honour, prosperity, and deliverances with which his father had been favoured; his own good education,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-25

The evil of Manasseh and Amon (33:1-25)Manasseh receives the full blame for destroying all the good work that his father had done. Over his long reign of fifty-five years he dragged the nation down to its lowest spiritual condition ever. Although he made a brief attempt at reform towards the end of his life, he could not undo the damage of the previous half a century. Nor was any king after him able to reform Judah sufficiently to save it from judgment. Like Israel, Judah would go into... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:11-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 33:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:1-25

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