2 Chronicles 33:4

Translations

Modern

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

Traditional

Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Literal

And He built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH had said, “In Jerusalem shall be My name forever.”

Latin

Ædificavit quoque altaria in domo Domini, de qua dixerat Dominus: In Jerusalem erit nomen meum in æternum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

Notes

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

Related verses

2 Chronicles 7:16
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
1 Kings 8:29
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
Deuteronomy 12:11
…then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
2 Chronicles 33:15
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.
2 Kings 21:4–5
Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
2 Chronicles 32:19
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
Jeremiah 7:30
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
2 Chronicles 34:3–4
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

Parallels

2 Kings 21:1–9

Places

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

Glossary

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

Topics

Church and State: Manasseh, in Subverting, and Afterward Restoring, the True Religion Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Manasseh Manasseh: King of Judah: History of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Hezekiah Succeeded by Manasseh Rulers: Wicked: Manasseh, Who Committed the Abominations of the Heathen Temple: Solomon's: Converted Into an Idolatrous Shrine by Manasseh the First Temple: Pillaged by Shishak King of Egypt the First Temple: Polluted by the Idolatrous Worship of Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:4

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