"Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel,c and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah."
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Verse 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....
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Rather, “he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west of
Gihon-in-the-valley.” The wall intended seems to have been that
toward the northeast, which ran from the vicinity of the modern
Dam...
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7. DECLINE AND APOSTASY UNDER MANASSEH AND AMON
CHAPTER 33
_ 1. Manasseh's wicked reign (2 Chronicles 33:1)_
2. Manasseh's imprisonment and restoration (2 Chronicles 33:11)
3. His reign after rest...
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2 Chronicles 33:1. THE REIGN OF MANASSEH (see notes on 2 Kings 21:1).
2 Chronicles 33:1 is based upon 2 Kings 21:1, which is fairly
accurately followed; but 2 Chronicles 33:11 is almost wholly from th...
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15. THE REIGN OF MANASSEH. (2 Chronicles 33:1-19)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 33:1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 2. And he did
that wh...
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_NOW AFTER THIS HE BUILT A WALL WITHOUT THE CITY OF DAVID, ON THE WEST
SIDE OF GIHON, IN THE VALLEY, EVEN TO THE ENTERING IN AT THE FISH
GATE, AND COMPASSED ABOUT OPHEL, AND RAISED IT UP A VERY GREAT...
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THE REIGN OF MANASSEH
This chapter repeats, with certain omissions, 2 Kings 21 but the
section 2 Chronicles 33:11, relating the captivity in Babylon,
repentance, and release of Manasseh, is supplemen...
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 33
MANASSEH – 2 CHRONICLES 33:1-20
V1 Manasseh was 12 years old when h...
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MANASSEH’S CAPTIVITY AND REPENTANCE — HIS RESTORATION AND REFORMS
(2 Chronicles 33:11).
This section is peculiar to the Chronicle, and none has excited more
scepticism among modern critics. The progr...
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וְ אַחֲרֵי ־כֵ֡ן בָּנָ֣ה חֹומָ֣ה
חִֽיצֹונָ֣ה ׀ לְ עִיר ־דָּוִ֡יד
מַעְרָבָה֩ לְ גִיחֹ֨ון בַּ †...
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MANASSEH: REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS
2 Chronicles 33:1
In telling the melancholy story of the wickedness of Manasseh in the
first period of his reign, the chronicler reproduces the book of
Kings, wit...
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HUMBLED FATHER, BUT SELF-WILLED SON
2 Chronicles 33:14
Manasseh apparently did his best to undo the evil he had wrought in
Jerusalem. So far as the idols and other symbols of idolatry were
concerned...
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Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, seems to have set himself to the most
willful and persistent restoration of every form of abomination. All
the things specifically forbidden were set up in the places sa...
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Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west
side of (e) Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish
gate, and compassed about (f) Ophel, and raised it up a very...
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_Without, including what is styled the second city; (4 K. xxii. 14,)
or he perfected the works begun by his father, or repaired the wall
which the Assyrians had thrown down, though we read not of thei...
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The most remarkable circumstance here related is, that the change
wrought upon Manasseh is not so much as mentioned in the parallel
history in Kings. It hath afforded great comfort, and no doubt
encou...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36.
Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the
warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and
after...
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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 l thinks this is the wall of the pool of Silo...
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Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west
side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish
gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great h...
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_After this he built a wall without the city of David_ He repaired and
strengthened that wall which Hezekiah had built, (2 Chronicles 32:5,)
and which, possibly, the king of _Assyria_, or of _Babylon_...
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1 Manasseh his wicked reigne.
3 Hee setteth vp idolatry, and would not be admonished.
11 He is caried into Babylon.
12 Vpon his prayer to God hee is released, and putteth downe idolatry.
18 His ac...
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Manasseh's Punishment and Repentance...
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THE REIGN OF MANASSEH
(vv.1-9)
Manasseh was only 12 years old at the time of his father's death,
therefore he was born during the extra fifteen years that God had
allowed Hezekiah. Manasseh was giv...
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OPHEL:
Or, the tower...
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1-20 We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance,
and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy,
and the power of his renewing grace. Deprived of his liber...
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HE BUILT A WALL; he repaired and strengthened that wall which Hezekiah
had built, 2 CHRONICLES 32:5, and which possibly the king of Assyria,
when he last took Jerusalem, had caused to be thrown down,...
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2 Chronicles 33:14 After H310 built H1129 (H8804) wall H2346 outside
H2435 City H5892 David H1732 side H4628 Gihon H1521 valley H5158
entrance H935 (H8800) Fish H1709 Gate H8179 enclosed H5437 (H8804)...
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2 Chronicles 33:1. _Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: but did that
which was evil in the sight of the Lord,_
Yet who could have h...
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CONTENTS: Manassah's accession and evil ways. Reign and death of Amon.
Accession of Josiah.
CHARACTERS: God, Manasseh, Assyrian king, Amon, Josiah.
CONCLUSION: In prosperity men forget God, but in a...
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2 Chronicles 33:3. _Made groves._ This word should generally be
rendered idols. Manasseh made images of Astartè, or Ashtaroth, and of
all the idols of Ahaz. His ministers were idolaters, but concealed...
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2 CHRONICLES 33:1 Manasseh. Compare 2 Kings 21:1, 2 Kings 21:17. Kings
presents Manasseh as the worst of Judah’s kings, whose sins make the
exile inevitable. Chronicles presents him as an example of f...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 21., yet
differs in omitting some things and adding new matter, especially in
central part. Impiety of Man. (2 Chronicles 33:1); his captivity an...
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EXPOSITION
The first twenty verses of this chapter are taken up with the account
of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah and Hephzibah, who, beginning to
reign at the early age of twelve years, reigned in a...
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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...
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1 Kings 1:33; 1 Kings 1:45; 2 Chronicles 11:11; 2 Chronicles 11:12; 2
Chronicles 17:19; 2 Chronicles 27:3; 2 Chronicles 32:30; 2 Chronicles
32:5; Nehemiah 12:3
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Why is the repentance of Manasseh recorded here, but no mention is
made of it in 2 Kings?
PROBLEM: According to this text, upon his return, Manasseh repented of
his earlier sin and reinstituted the w...