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Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:21-25

We have little recorded concerning Amon, but enough unless it were better. Here is, I. His great wickedness. He did as Manasseh had done in the days of his apostasy, 2 Chron. 33:22. Those who think this an evidence that Manasseh did not truly repent forget how many good kings had wicked sons. Only it should seem that Manasseh was in this defective, that, when he cast out the images, he did not utterly deface and destroy them, according to the law which required Israel to burn the images with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:14

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David ,.... Which perhaps had been broken down by the Assyrian army, when it came and took him; Vitringa F12 Comment. in Jesaiam, c. 22. 9. thinks this is the wall of the pool of Siloah, Nehemiah 3:15 which seems to be the first and oldest wall, as Josephus F13 De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 9. ; for that turning to the north bent towards the pool of Siloam; an Arabic writer F14 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord ,.... Which he had set there, 2 Chronicles 33:7 . and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem ; see 2 Chronicles 33:4 , and cast them out of the city ; perhaps into the brook Kidron; all this he did to show the sincerity of his repentance for his idolatry, and his abhorrence of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:16

And he repaired the altar of the Lord ,.... Which was fallen to ruin, being neglected and disused in his times of idolatry: or, according to the Keri, or marginal reading, and so the Targum, "he built it"; which perhaps he had before pulled down and destroyed: and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings ; to the Lord, for bringing him out of captivity, and restoring him to his kingdom; and especially for converting him from his idolatries, giving him repentance for them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:17

Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places ,.... Not in those that were built for idols, at least did not sacrifice to them; for it follows: yet unto the Lord their God only ; the Targum is,"to the name of the Word of the Lord their God.' read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:18

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh ,.... Good and bad, what were done by him both before and after his conversion: and his prayer unto his God ; which it seems was taken and recorded, but now lost; for as for that which is among the apocryphal writings, there is no reason to believe it to be his, though it is thought to be so by many F15 Vid. Fabritii Bibliothec. Graec. l. 3. c. 31. p. 738,739. : and the words of the seers ; or the prophets, as the Targum; and the prophets in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also ,.... Was not only recorded in the above annals, but in the writings of another person after mentioned: and how God was entreated of him ; heard his prayer, and showed him favour both in a temporal and spiritual way; for though the Jews would not allow that he was saved, or had a part in the world to come, eternal life F17 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 11. sect. 2. , yet there appears no just reason why it should be so thought: and all his sin, and his trespass ; his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:20-25

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house ,.... That is, in the garden of his house; see Gill on 2 Kings 21:18 ; there; to which may be added, that the Jews F19 Cippi Heb. p. 43. in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks F20 Plato in Minoe. and Romans F21 Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 5. "praeterea si nova", & in l. 6. "sedibus hunc refer", &c.; , to bury the dead in their own houses; hence... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:14

He built a wall - This was probably a weak place that he fortified; or a part of the wall which the Assyrians had broken down, which he now rebuilt. read more

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