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2 Chronicles 33:23
and humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, had humbled himself, he was addicted to idolatry all his life; but Amon trespassed more and more.
and humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, had humbled himself, he was addicted to idolatry all his life; but Amon trespassed more and more.
Verse 2 Chronicles 33:23. _TRESPASSED MORE AND MORE._] He appears to have exceeded his father, and would take no warning....
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...
THE REIGN OF AMON (see notes on 2 Kings 21:19). 2 Chronicles 33:22. _Cf._ the words of this verse with 2 Kings 21:21; the Chronicler has modified the words of the latter, which would be inconsist
BUT AMON. "but he Amon". TRESPASSED MORE AND MORE. he multiplied trespass. Hebrew. _'asham._...
_and humbled_ R.V. AND HE HUMBLED. This ver. is not in 2 Kin. _but Amon_ R.V. BUT THIS SAME AMON; cp. 2 Chronicles 28:12 (note). _trespassed_ Render, BECAME GUILTY (so R.V. mg.); cp. 2 Chronicles 19:...
16. THE REIGN OF AMON (2 Chronicles 33:20-25) TEXT 2 Chronicles 33:20. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 21. Amon was t...
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...
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...
AND HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF... MORE AND MORE. — This verse is added by the chronicler. BUT AMON TRESPASSED MORE AND MORE. — Literally, _for he, Amon, multiplied trespass. _...
וְ לֹ֤א נִכְנַע֙ מִ לִּ פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
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...
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,...
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...
_Sins, inasmuch as he died in his guilt. Prot. "but Amon trespassed more and more," (H.) following the former bad example of Manasses, Jeremias xv. D._...
The short, sinful, and unworthy life of Ammon, terminating as it did by a violent death, opens but little subject for meditation. Alas! how wretched and hopeless for the most part are all such men. Ho...
_A ROYAL TRIO_ ‘So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead,’ etc. 2 Chronicles 33:20 Notice the chief lessons which lie in the l...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:20...
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. Ver. 23. _But Amon trespassed more and more._] Heb., He multiplied trespass; ad...
_And humbled not himself_ &c. He fell, like his father, but did not rise again like him. It is not so much _sin_, as _impenitence_ in sin, that ruins men; not so much that they have offended, as that...
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...
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 give...
TRESSPASSED MORE AND MORE: _ Heb._ multiplied tresspass...
21-25 Amon's father did ill, but he did worse. Whatever warnings or convictions he had, he never humbled himself. He was soon cut off in his sins, and made a warning for all men not to abuse the examp...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 33:23 humble H3665 (H8738) before H6440 LORD H3068 father H1 Manasseh H4519 humbled H3665 (H8736
2 Chronicles 33:20 Notice the chief lessons which lie in the life of these three kings. I. Manasseh. There is no limit to the mercy of God. Sinners the chief are welcome to complete forgiveness. If o...
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...
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...
_But Amon transgressed more and more._ CONSOLIDATION IN THE FORCES OF EVIL It is wonderful what evil can be done with a profession of religion. Amen was sacrificing unto all the carved images; he was...
2 CHRONICLES 33:21 Amon. Compare 2 Kings 21:19. During his brief reign (642–640 B.C.), Amon DID NOT HUMBLE HIMSELF. Instead he...
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...
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 al...
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...
2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 33:1; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:19;...