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It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself and repented. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/33.htm">English Standard Version</a> And his prayer, and how God was moved by his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/33.htm">King James Bible</a> His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/33.htm">New King James Version</a> Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> His prayer also and how God was moved by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of Hozai. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/33.htm">NASB 1995</a> His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a> His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the Hozai. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a> His prayer also and how God heard him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> His prayer and how God was receptive to his prayer, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Events of Hozai. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> His prayer and how God granted his request, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Records of Hozai. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/33.htm">American Standard Version</a> His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Hozai wrote a lot about Manasseh, including his prayer and God's answer. But Hozai also recorded the evil things Manasseh did before turning back to God, as well as a list of places where Manasseh set up idols, and where he built local shrines and places to worship Asherah. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/33.htm">English Revised Version</a> His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> His prayer and how God accepted it are written in the records of Hozai. The things he did before he humbled himself are also written there. This includes all his sins and unfaithfulness and the places where he built illegal worship sites and set up idols and poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Good News Translation</a> The king's prayer and God's answer to it, and an account of the sins he committed before he repented--the evil he did, the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah that he made and the idols that he worshiped--are all recorded in The History of the Prophets. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/33.htm">International Standard Version</a> His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/33.htm">NET Bible</a> The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the LORD responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself, look, they are written in the Record of the Seers. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> His prayer also, and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/33.htm">World English Bible</a> His prayer also, and how God listened to his request, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places and set up the Asherah poles and the engraved images before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and his prayer, and his plea, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the Asherim and the carved images before his being humbled, behold, they are written beside the matters of Hozai. <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai. <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And his prayer, and he was entreated for him and all his sin, and his transgression, and the places where he built in them heights, and he set up statues and carved images before his humbling: behold them written upon the words of the seers.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> His prayer also, and his being heard, and all his sins, and contempt, and places wherein he built high places, and set up groves, and statues before he did penance, are written in the words of Hozai. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Also, his prayer and its heeding, and all his sins and contempt, and the sites on which he built high places and made sacred groves and statues, before he repented, have been written in the words of Hozai. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/33.htm">New American Bible</a> His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his treachery, the sites where he built high places and set up asherahs and carved images before he humbled himself, all this is recorded in the chronicles of his seers. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> His prayer, and how God received his entreaty, all his sin and his faithlessness, the sites on which he built high places and set up the sacred poles and the images, before he humbled himself, these are written in the records of the seers.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> His prayer, also, and how the LORD heard his voice, and all his sins and his iniquity, and the places on which he built altars and appointed priests, and the shrines he built for the idols, behold, they are written among the sayings of Hanan the prophet. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And his prayer, and when his voice was heard, and all his sins, and his evil, and the places where he built the altars and appointed Priests and made shrines for idols, behold, those are written in the accounts of Khanan the Prophet.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> behold, they are in the account of his prayer; and God hearkened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=8994" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/33.htm">Manasseh's Repentance and Restoration</a> …18As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 19<a href="/hebrew/8605.htm" title="8605: ū·ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯōw (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Prayer. From palal; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn.">His prayer</a> <a href="/hebrew/6279.htm" title="6279: wə·hê·‘ā·ṯer- (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Inf) -- To pray, supplicate. A primitive root; to burn incense in worship, i.e. Intercede.">and how God received his plea,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">as well as all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">his sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/4604.htm" title="4604: ū·ma‘·lōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- An unfaithful or treacherous act. From ma'al; treachery, i.e. Sin.">and unfaithfulness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: wə·ham·mə·qō·mō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">and the sites</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: bā·nāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">he built</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: bā·mō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">high places</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: wə·he·‘ĕ·mîḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">and set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/842.htm" title="842: hā·’ă·šê·rîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Or masheyrah; from 'ashar; happy; Asherah a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same.">Asherah poles</a> <a href="/hebrew/6456.htm" title="6456: wə·hap·pə·si·lîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">and idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3665.htm" title="3665: hik·kā·nə·‘ōw (V-Nifal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To be humble. A primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish.">he humbled himself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nām (Interjection:: 3mp) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">they are indeed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: kə·ṯū·ḇîm (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">written</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: diḇ·rê (N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the Records</a> <a href="/hebrew/2335.htm" title="2335: ḥō·w·zāy (N-proper-ms) -- Seer, a keeper of records. From chozeh; visionary; Chozai, an Israelite.">of the Seers.</a> 20And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm">2 Kings 21:17</a> As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? <a href="/2_kings/21-10.htm">2 Kings 21:10-15</a> And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, / “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, / this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. ... <a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">2 Kings 21:1-9</a> Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. ... <a href="/2_kings/23-26.htm">2 Kings 23:26-27</a> Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger. / For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’” <a href="/2_kings/24-3.htm">2 Kings 24:3-4</a> Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, / and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive. <a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Jeremiah 15:4</a> I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-20</a> Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. ... <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21-23</a> But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. / None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. / Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a> Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Psalm 51:1-4</a> For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. / For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. ... <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10-13</a> Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. / Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me. / Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit. ... <a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Daniel 9:4-5</a> And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. <a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Matthew 3:8</a> Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.his prayer also<a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11,12,19</a> Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon… <a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a> The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.<a href="/acts/9-11.htm">Acts 9:11</a> And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,all his sins<a href="/2_chronicles/33-1.htm">2 Chronicles 33:1-10</a> Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: … <a href="/romans/5-16.htm">Romans 5:16</a> And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.before he<a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">2 Chronicles 33:12</a> And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,<a href="/2_chronicles/30-11.htm">2 Chronicles 30:11</a> Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.<a href="/2_chronicles/36-12.htm">2 Chronicles 36:12</a> And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.the seers.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Asherim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Built</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-13.htm">Entreated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-7.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Groves</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-17.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-34.htm">History</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-2.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-13.htm">Intreated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-17.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-18.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-22.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-18.htm">Seers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-19.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-22.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-1.htm">Wherein</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-18.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">Asherim</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-3.htm">Built</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-22.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/ezra/8-23.htm">Entreated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-22.htm">Graven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">Groves</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezra/4-19.htm">History</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-23.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-22.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezra/8-23.htm">Intreated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezra/8-23.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Seers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/nehemiah/1-6.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Transgression</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-23.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/ezra/5-7.htm">Wherein</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-21.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 33</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-1.htm">Manasseh's wicked reign</a> 3. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">He sets up idolatry, and will not be admonished</a> 11. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">He is carried into Babylon</a> 12. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">Upon his prayer to God he is released and puts down idolatry</a> 18. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-18.htm">His acts</a> 20. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-20.htm">He dying, Amon succeeds him</a> 21. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-21.htm">who is slain by his servants</a> 25. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-25.htm">The murderers being slain, Josiah succeeds him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Manasseh, known for his idolatry and evil practices, turned to God in genuine repentance. His prayer signifies a turning point, demonstrating that God is merciful and willing to forgive even the gravest sins when approached with a contrite heart. This aligns with the biblical theme of God's readiness to forgive, as seen in passages like 1 <a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a> and <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>. The reception of his plea by God underscores the importance of humility and repentance in restoring one's relationship with God.as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness Manasseh's reign was marked by significant sin and apostasy, including idol worship and the shedding of innocent blood (<a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a>). His actions led Judah into spiritual decline, violating the covenant relationship with God. This phrase serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and the impact of leadership on a nation's spiritual health. It also reflects the biblical principle that sin has consequences, but repentance can lead to restoration.and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols The high places and Asherah poles were central to Canaanite worship and were strictly forbidden in Israel (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-3</a>). Manasseh's establishment of these sites indicates a deep-seated rebellion against God's commandments. Archaeological findings have uncovered similar sites, providing historical context to the biblical narrative. This phrase highlights the struggle between the worship of Yahweh and the pervasive influence of surrounding pagan cultures.before he humbled himself Humility is a key theme in Scripture, often associated with repentance and restoration (<a href="/james/4-10.htm">James 4:10</a>, <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>). Manasseh's eventual humility before God marks a significant shift from his previous pride and rebellion. This transformation illustrates the biblical truth that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. It serves as an example of how true humility can lead to divine forgiveness and a renewed relationship with God.they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers The mention of the "Records of the Seers" suggests that there were additional historical documents or prophetic writings that chronicled the events of Manasseh's reign. This indicates the importance of recording and remembering both the failures and redemptions of leaders. It also points to the broader biblical practice of documenting God's dealings with His people, as seen in other historical books of the Bible. This phrase underscores the reliability and thoroughness of biblical history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a> King of Judah who initially led the nation into idolatry but later repented and turned back to God. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Lord who hears prayers and responds to genuine repentance. 3. <a href="/topical/h/high_places.htm">High Places</a> Sites where Manasseh initially set up altars for idol worship, contrary to God's commands. 4. <a href="/topical/a/asherah_poles_and_idols.htm">Asherah Poles and Idols</a> Objects of pagan worship that Manasseh erected, symbolizing his unfaithfulness. 5. <a href="/topical/r/records_of_the_seers.htm">Records of the Seers</a> Historical accounts that document Manasseh's actions and his eventual repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_repentance.htm">The Power of Repentance</a> Manasseh's account demonstrates that no one is beyond the reach of God's grace. Genuine repentance can lead to restoration. <a href="/topical/g/god's_response_to_prayer.htm">God's Response to Prayer</a> God is moved by sincere entreaty. Manasseh's prayer shows that God listens and responds to those who humble themselves. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a> Manasseh's initial actions had severe consequences for Judah, reminding us that sin impacts not only the individual but also the community. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a> Humbling oneself before God is crucial for spiritual renewal and transformation. <a href="/topical/d/documenting_god's_work.htm">Documenting God's Work</a> The records of the seers serve as a reminder of the importance of remembering and sharing testimonies of God's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 33</a> <a href="/q/can_science_verify_manasseh's_prayer.htm">If God truly heard and answered Manasseh's prayer in 2 Chronicles 33:12-13, what scientific or historical basis is there to verify this miraculous restoration?</a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_jehu's_message_in_other_sources.htm">Why was Jehu the seer's message (2 Chronicles 19:2) not documented in other contemporary sources if it was crucial enough to confront a king?</a> <a href="/q/why_claim_manasseh_ruled_55_years.htm">How can 2 Kings 21:1 claim Manasseh ruled for 55 years without clear historical or archaeological corroboration?</a> <a href="/q/contradictions_in_jehoshaphat's_reign.htm">Are there any contradictions between 2 Chronicles 19 and parallel accounts in Kings regarding Jehoshaphat's reign and reforms?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) His prayer also . . . of him.--And his prayer, and the hearing him. Literally, and the being propitious to him (the same verb as in <a href="/2_chronicles/33-13.htm" title="And prayed to him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.">2Chronicles 33:13</a> and <a href="/genesis/25-21.htm" title="And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.">Genesis 25:21</a>).All his sins, and his trespass.--All his sin and his unfaithfulness. <a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm" title="Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?">2Kings 21:17</a> has, "And his sin that he sinned." The chronicler, as usual, heightens the expression.Groves.--The Ash?rim. (See Note on <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm" title="For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.">2Chronicles 33:3</a>.)Among the sayings of the seers.--In the history of Hozai. This work was, therefore, the source from which the chronicler derived his additional information about the reign of Manasseh. (See Introduction.) The LXX. has "the seers;" but the Vulg., "in sermonibus Hozai," and the Syriac, "in the story of Hanan the prophet." It is pretty clear that Hozai is simply a mutilated form of ha-hozim, "the seers," a term which occurred in <a href="/2_chronicles/33-17.htm" title="Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet to the LORD their God only.">2Chronicles 33:17</a>. . . . <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>His prayer וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ (ū·ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8605.htm">Strong's 8605: </a> Intercession, supplication, a hymn and [how God] received his plea, וְהֵֽעָתֶר־ (wə·hê·‘ā·ṯer-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6279.htm">Strong's 6279: </a> To burn incense in worship, intercede as well as all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every his sin חַטָּאת֣וֹ (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender and unfaithfulness, וּמַעְלוֹ֒ (ū·ma‘·lōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4604.htm">Strong's 4604: </a> An unfaithful or treacherous act and the sites וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹת (wə·ham·mə·qō·mō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition where אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that he built בָּנָ֨ה (bā·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build high places בָּמוֹת֙ (bā·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> An elevation and set up וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ (wə·he·‘ĕ·mîḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations Asherah poles הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣ים (hā·’ă·šê·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_842.htm">Strong's 842: </a> A Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same and idols וְהַפְּסִלִ֔ים (wə·hap·pə·si·lîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6456.htm">Strong's 6456: </a> An idol, image before לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face he humbled himself, הִכָּנְע֑וֹ (hik·kā·nə·‘ōw) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3665.htm">Strong's 3665: </a> To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish they are indeed הִנָּ֣ם (hin·nām) Interjection | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! written כְּתוּבִ֔ים (kə·ṯū·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> To grave, to write in עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the Records דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the Seers. חוֹזָֽי׃ (ḥō·w·zāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2335.htm">Strong's 2335: </a> Hozai -- 'seer', a keeper of records <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">2 Chronicles 33:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-19.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer also and how God was (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 33:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 33:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 33:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 33:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>