Manasseh Built Again the High Places Which His Father Had Broken Down
Poesy-past-Verse Bible Commentary
For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his male parent had broken downwards; he too erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of sky and served them.
New American Standard Version
Clarke's Commentary
Poetry 2 Chronicles 33:3. Altars for Baalim — The SUN and MOON. And made groves, אשרות Asheroth, Astarte, VENUS; the host of heaven, all the PLANETS and STARS. These were the general objects of his devotion.
Bibliographical Data
Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:3". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". https://world wide web.studylight.org/commentaries/acc/2-chronicles-33.html. 1832.
Bridgeway Bible Commentary
The evil of Manasseh and Amon (33:1-25)
Manasseh receives the full blame for destroying all the good piece of work that his father had done. Over his long reign of fifty-v years he dragged the nation down to its everyman spiritual condition ever. Although he made a brief effort at reform towards the stop of his life, he could not undo the harm of the previous half a century. Nor was any male monarch afterward him able to reform Judah sufficiently to relieve information technology from judgment. Like State of israel, Judah would go into captivity because of its wickedness (33:one-xx; see notes on ii Kings 21:1-18). If any trace of Manasseh's reform remained later on his expiry, Amon soon removed it (21-25; see notes on 2 Kings 21:xix-26).
Bibliographical Information
Flemming, Donald C. "Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:3". "Fleming's Bridgeway Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bbc/ii-chronicles-33.html. 2005.
Smith's Bible Commentary
Chapter 33
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, he reigned for fifty-five years ( 2 Chronicles 33:1 )
One of the longest. His was the longest reign of any king.
He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ( 2 Chronicles 33:ii ),
Now here you become. Hezekiah had restored the temple, rebuilt the thing, re-established the worship. Things were going adept, God was approval. They actually became strong and prosperous again. And hither his son takes over at present. Twelve years old when he takes over. He does that which is evil in the sight of the Lord.
like to the heathen, that the LORD had cast out of the state earlier the children of State of israel had come in. He built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken downwards, he raised upwardly the altars for Baalim, he made the groves, worshipped all the host of heaven, served them. He built altars in the firm of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for always. He built altars for all of the host of heaven in the two courts of the business firm of the LORD. He caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom ( two Chronicles 33:2-6 ):
So the same matter that Ahaz his grandfather had done.
likewise he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger ( 2 Chronicles 33:6 ).
These things that he did, equally far as the enchantments, witchcraft, familiar spirits, wizards, these are the things that Isaiah speaks out against when their calamity came, and Isaiah was put to death, actually, by Manasseh. And at the time of Manasseh'due south doing all these things and the judgment of Babylon was predicted, Isaiah said, "Thou fine art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Allow now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee" ( Isaiah 47:xiii ).
And then these are the things that Manasseh did. He started following after his horoscope and astrologers and all of these people. And, of class, it might exist proficient until y'all're actually in trouble and and so it'south no help at all.
So he set a carved prototype, the idol which he had fabricated, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this firm, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for e'er: neither will I any more than remove the pes of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have allowable them ( 2 Chronicles 33:seven-eight ),
Merely here he is, disobeying.
Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of State of israel. And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to the people: only they would non hearken ( 2 Chronicles 33:nine-10 ).
God spoke; they would not hearken. And, of course, in the xxx-sixth chapter God said, "I sent the messengers and all just they would not hearken." They mocked Him.
Wherefore ( 2 Chronicles 33:xi )
And, of course, Manasseh ordered Isaiah sawed in ii. Just stretched him out and took a saw and cut him right in two.
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the rex of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, bound him with fetters, carried him to Babylon. And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and he prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. So Manasseh knew that Jehovah was God ( 2 Chronicles 33:xi-13 ).
And so Manasseh had a conversion experience. Information technology was a tough mode. He was taken captive by the male monarch of Assyria who drug him through these thorns, gave him a rough time, brought him every bit a convict to Babylon. And while he was there, he began to phone call out upon God. And, of course, God is and so skillful. God was merciful. God heard his prayer and God brought him back again to Jerusalem. And from that time on, Manasseh was a changed homo. But he was non able to undo the folly of his earlier years. He did start bringing virtually spiritual reforms.
He took away the strange gods, and the idols out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built. And he repaired the chantry of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and give thanks offerings, and [and then along]. Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, unto the LORD their God merely ( ii Chronicles 33:15-17 ).
So there was a fractional render unto God. At his death his son Amon began to reign.
Amon was 20-two years old when he began to reign, he reigned for simply two years. He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, even as his father Manasseh: for he sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them ( 2 Chronicles 33:21-22 );
Which ways that Manasseh didn't get rid of them all.
He humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more than. And his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house ( 2 Chronicles 33:23-24 ).
And so his son Josiah began to reign.
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Bibliographical Information
Smith, Charles Ward. "Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:iii". "Smith's Bible Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/csc/two-chronicles-33.html. 2014.
Dr. Lawman'southward Expository Notes
N. Manasseh 33:1-20
Manasseh was i of the few examples of an evil Judean king who became expert. Nevertheless his many years of wickedness fabricated captivity inevitable for Judah (two Kings 23:26; Jeremiah fifteen:iv).
"Manasseh's acts are . . . a calculated attempt to throw off the lordship of Yahweh, to claim independence from the Covenant, to drive him from the land which he had given Israel." [Note: McConville, p. 250.]
"If Manasseh had searched the Scriptures for practices that would most anger the Lord and and then intentionally committed them, he could not accept achieved that result whatsoever more effectively than he did." [Note: Thompson, p. 368.]
The Babylonians captured Manasseh only released him after he turned back to Yahweh. The Assyrian rex in view (ii Chronicles 33:11) was Ashurbanipal. [Note: Cf. Eugene H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests, p. 435.]
His experience would have been an encouragement to the returned exiles who kickoff read Chronicles. If God had shown mercy to Manasseh and had reestablished him in the land, He could do the same for them (cf. ii Chronicles 7:14). The writer emphasized the results of the king'south repentance. He magnified the grace of God rather than the rebellion of the sinner.
". . . in terms of the experience of an individual, Manasseh furnishes the nigh explicit and dramatic case of the efficacy of repentance in the whole of the Chronicler'due south piece of work." [Note: Williamson, one and 2 . . ., p. 389. ]
On a larger calibration, the reigns of Ahaz (ch. 28) and Hezekiah (chs. 29-32) illustrate the same matter: prefiguring exile (Ahaz) and restoration (Hezekiah).
"Manasseh's sin is repeated, in essence, whenever man uses or manipulates his fellow-men for some supposedly higher good than their ain welfare-or, indeed, uses any part of God's creation for purposes other than those which God intends." [Note: Wilcock, p. 257.]
"The Chronicler is equally concerned as his predecessor [the author of Kings] was to betoken out the furnishings of sin. Both historians note the moral consequences of the actions of men. Simply the Chronicler regularly deals in immediate consequences: 'the soul that sins shall die' (Ezekiel 18:4; Ezekiel xviii:20). Though it is true that one man'southward sin can cause others to suffer sixty years afterwards he is expressionless and gone, this is not the kind of lesson which Chronicles as a whole aims to teach . . . What Manasseh'due south sin leads to is not the fall of Jerusalem long later his death, equally Samuel/Kings say, but 'distress' for him himself [sic], equally he is taken by Assyrian forces 'with hooks . . . and fetters of bronze' to Babylon (2 Chronicles 33:xi-12)." [Note: Ibid., p. 258.]
In spite of Manasseh'south repentance, the people still sacrificed at the high places, though only to Yahweh (two Chronicles 33:17).
"A half century of paganism could not exist overcome past a half dozen years of reform." [Notation: Payne, "Second Chronicles," p. 417]
Bibliographical Information
Constable, Thomas. DD. "Commentary on two Chronicles 33:iii". "Dr. Lawman'southward Expository Notes". https://world wide web.studylight.org/commentaries/dcc/2-chronicles-33.html. 2012.
Gill'due south Exposition of the Whole Bible
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Gill, John. "Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:three". "Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/2-chronicles-33.html. 1999.
Henry's Consummate Commentary on the Bible
| The Reign of Manasseh. | B. C. 662. |
ane Manasseh was twelve years onetime when he began to reign, and he reigned 50 and v years in Jerusalem: 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, similar unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of State of israel. 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his male parent had broken down, and he reared upwards altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of sky, and served them. 4 Also he built altars in the business firm of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my proper noun be for e'er. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set up a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this firm, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, volition I put my proper name for e'er: 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; and so that they will accept heed to do all that I have commanded them, co-ordinate to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to practise worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed earlier the children of Israel. 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: only they would not hearken.
We have here an account of the smashing wickedness of Manasseh. It is the same virtually word for word with that which we had 2 Kings 21:i-nine, and took a melancholy view of. Information technology is no such pleasing subject that we should delight to dwell upon information technology again. This foolish young prince, in contradiction to the proficient example and good education his father gave him, abased himself to all impiety, transcribed the abominations of the heathen (2 Chronicles 33:two; 2 Chronicles 33:two), ruined the established religion, unravelled his father'southward glorious reformation (2 Chronicles 33:three; two Chronicles 33:three), profaned the firm of God with his idolatry (ii Chronicles 33:4; 2 Chronicles 33:v), dedicated his children to Moloch, and made the devil's lying oracles his guides and his counsellors, 2 Chronicles 33:6; two Chronicles 33:six. In antipathy of the choice God had made of Sion to exist his rest for ever and Israel to exist his covenant-people (2 Chronicles 33:8; two Chronicles 33:8), and the fair terms he stood upon with God, he embraced other gods, profaned God's chosen temple, and debauched his chosen people. He made them to err, and do worse than the heathen (2 Chronicles 33:ix; 2 Chronicles 33:9); for, if the uncle an spirit returns, he brings with him seven other spirits more than wicked than himself. That which aggravated the sin of Manasseh was that God spoke to him and his people by the prophets, only they would non hearken, 2 Chronicles 33:x; 2 Chronicles 33:10 . Nosotros may here adore the grace of God in speaking to them, and their obstinacy in turning a deaf ear to him, that either their badness did not quite turn abroad his goodness, but still he waited to be gracious, or that his goodness did not plough them from their badness, but still they hated to be reformed. Now from this allow us acquire, 1. That it is no new affair, only a very sad affair, for the children of godly parents to turn aside from that proficient mode of God in which they accept been trained. Parents may give many skilful things to their children, but they cannot give them grace. 2. Corruptions in worship are such diseases of the church as it is very apt to relapse into once more even when they seem to be cured. 3. The god of this world has strangely blinded men's minds, and has a wonderful power over those that are led captive past him; else he could not draw them from God, their best friend, to depend upon their sworn enemy.
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Henry, Matthew. "Consummate Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:3". "Henry'southward Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mhm/2-chronicles-33.html. 1706.
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