2 Chronicles 33:15

Translations

Modern

He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

Traditional

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

Literal

And he turned aside the gods of the stranger and the idol from the house of YHWH, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of YHWH and in Jerusalem, and he cast them outside of the city.

Latin

…et abstulit deos alienos, et simulacrum de domo Domini: aras quoque, quas fecerat in monte domus Domini et in Jerusalem: et projecit omnia extra urbem.

Original

Hebrew

English

He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

Notes

2 Chronicles 33:14–17

Manasseh might have been fixing the walls when he was captured. His religious reforms were like Hezekiah's but not finished. Later, Josiah removed the temple altars that Manasseh had built (2 Kings 23:12).

2 Chronicles 33:12–17

The book of Kings does not mention Manasseh’s repentance. It only tells of the promised judgment due to his wicked deeds (see 2 Kings 21:10–16). Chronicles describes the good things he did after repenting, following his father Hezekiah’s example. However, Manasseh’s actions could not turn the people's hearts back to the Lord or stop God’s judgment on Judah (2 Chronicles 33:17).

2 Chronicles 33:1–20

Manasseh ruled for fifty-five years, from 697 to 642 BC, longer than any other king in Judah. His reign included a period when he ruled with his father, Hezekiah, from 697 to 686 BC. A long reign often indicated blessing, even though Manasseh did evil in the Lord's sight. The Chronicler describes his humiliation, repentance, and the restoration of worship in Judah.

Theme notes and profiles

Manasseh Apostasy and Renewal God’s Plan to Restore

Related verses

2 Chronicles 33:3–7
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Hosea 14:1–3
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Ezekiel 18:20–22
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Matthew 3:8
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Isaiah 2:17–21
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
2 Kings 21:7
Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

Parallels

2 Kings 21:10–18

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Apostasy Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Manasseh (Person) Temple

Topics

Church and State: Manasseh, in Subverting, and Afterward Restoring, the True Religion Church: House of the Lord Iconoclasm: Destroyed by Manasseh Idolatry: Zeal Against: Manasseh Influence: Good: Manasseh Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Manasseh Manasseh: King of Judah: History of Peace-Offerings by Manasseh on Repairing and Restoring the Altar Prophecies Concerning Israel: Hezekiah Succeeded by Manasseh Revivals: Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:15

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