2 Chronicles 33:6

Translations

Modern

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

Traditional

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

Literal

And he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom. And he practiced sorcery, and used divination, and practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spirists. He multiplied to do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to provoke Him to anger.

Latin

Transireque fecit filios suos per ignem in valle Benennom: observabat somnia, sectabatur auguria, maleficis artibus inserviebat, habebat secum magos et incantatores, multaque mala operatus est coram Domino ut irritaret eum.

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English

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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

Leviticus 19:26
You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
2 Chronicles 28:3
Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:6
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Leviticus 20:6
Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
Leviticus 18:21
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:31
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Jeremiah 7:31–32
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
Isaiah 47:9–12
These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
Isaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
2 Kings 23:10
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Isaiah 19:3
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Parallels

2 Kings 21:1–9

Places

Topheth: Site of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem

Glossary

Apostasy Chronicles, Books of First and Second Demon Gehenna Genealogy Hell Manasseh (Person) Place of the Dead Prayer of Manasseh Soothsayer Sorcery Topheth

Topics

Ancestral Worship Children: Inhuman Practice of offering to Idols Church and State: Manasseh, in Subverting, and Afterward Restoring, the True Religion Divination: Effected Through: Connected with Idolatry Fortune Hinnom: Children offered in Sacrifice In Idolatry: Divination Connected With Idolatry: Objects of, Worshipped by Burning Children Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Human Sacrifices Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Manasseh Manasseh: King of Judah: History of Mediums Parents: Bad - Exemplified: Manasseh Prophecies Concerning Israel: Hezekiah Succeeded by Manasseh Psychics Psychics and Witchcraft Rulers: Wicked: Manasseh, Who Committed the Abominations of the Heathen Sorcery: Divining by Familiar Spirits (Mediums or Spiritists) Temple: Solomon's: Converted Into an Idolatrous Shrine by Manasseh The Occult Tophet

2 Chronicles 33:6

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