Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 2 Chronicles
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:24 JFB -> Commentary on 32:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:24 TSK -> Commentary on 32:24 TSK -> Entry for 32:24 WEN -> Notes on 32:24 NTB -> Hezekiah; Prayer EBD -> Hezekiah 32:24 - [In Context] About that time, Hezekiah became deathly ill. He prayed to the LORD, who healed him and gave him a miraculous sign.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:25 JFB -> Commentary on 32:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:25 TSK -> Commentary on 32:25 TSK -> Entry for 32:25 WEN -> Notes on 32:25 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Hezekiah; Ingratitude; Prosperity TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Pride 32:25 - [In Context] But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the LORD's anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:26 JFB -> Commentary on 32:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:26 TSK -> Commentary on 32:26 TSK -> Entry for 32:26 WEN -> Notes on 32:26 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Hezekiah; Repentance TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Humility 32:26 - [In Context] Then Hezekiah repented of his pride, and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves. So the LORD's anger did not come against them during Hezekiah's lifetime.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:27 JFB -> Commentary on 32:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:27 TSK -> Commentary on 32:27 TSK -> Entry for 32:27 WEN -> Notes on 32:27 NTB -> Hezekiah; Shield; Treasure-Houses TTT -> Precious Stones; Riches EBD -> Garner; Hezekiah; Isaiah 32:27 - [In Context] Hezekiah was very wealthy and held in high esteem. He had to build special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:28 JFB -> Commentary on 32:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:28 TSK -> Commentary on 32:28 TSK -> Entry for 32:28 WEN -> Notes on 32:28 NTB -> Hezekiah; King; Treasure-Houses; Wine TTT -> Oil; Riches EBD -> Cotes; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Wine 32:28 - [In Context] He also constructed many storehouses for his grain, new wine, and olive oil; and he made many stalls for his cattle and folds for his flocks of sheep and goats.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:29 JFB -> Commentary on 32:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:29 TSK -> Commentary on 32:29 TSK -> Entry for 32:29 WEN -> Notes on 32:29 NTB -> God (continued); Hezekiah; King TTT -> Kings; Riches EBD -> Hezekiah; Isaiah 32:29 - [In Context] He built many towns and acquired vast flocks and herds, for God had given him great wealth.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:30 JFB -> Commentary on 32:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:30 TSK -> Commentary on 32:30 TSK -> Entry for 32:30 WEN -> Notes on 32:30 NTB -> Gihon; Hezekiah; Jerusalem EBD -> Conduit; Gihon; Hezekiah; Jerusalem 32:30 - [In Context] He blocked up the upper spring of Gihon and brought the water down through a tunnel to the west side of the City of David. And so he succeeded in everything he did.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:31 JFB -> Commentary on 32:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:31 TSK -> Commentary on 32:31 TSK -> Entry for 32:31 WEN -> Notes on 32:31 NTB -> Ambassadors; Hezekiah; Interpreter; Pride EBD -> Ambassador; Hezekiah; Temptation SBD -> Ambassador; Merodach-baladan SPG -> Devotional using 32:31 32:31 - [In Context] However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:32 JFB -> Commentary on 32:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:32 TSK -> Commentary on 32:32 TSK -> Entry for 32:32 WEN -> Notes on 32:32 NTB -> Hezekiah; Isaiah; King EBD -> Hezekiah 32:32 - [In Context] The rest of the events of Hezekiah's reign and his acts of devotion are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz, which is included in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 32:33 JFB -> Commentary on 32:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 32:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 32:33 TSK -> Commentary on 32:33 TSK -> Entry for 32:33 WEN -> Notes on 32:33 NTB -> Burial; Hezekiah EBD -> Burial; Hezekiah 32:33 - [In Context] When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the upper area of the royal cemetery, and all Judah and Jerusalem honored him at his death. Then his son Manasseh became the next king.
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:1 JFB -> Commentary on 33:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:1 TSK -> Commentary on 33:1 TSK -> Entry for 33:1 WEN -> Notes on 33:1 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh TTT -> Kings 33:1 - [In Context] Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:2 JFB -> Commentary on 33:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:2 TSK -> Commentary on 33:2 TSK -> Entry for 33:2 WEN -> Notes on 33:2 NTB -> Church And State; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> Kings 33:2 - [In Context] He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, imitating the detestable practices of the pagan nations whom the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:3 JFB -> Commentary on 33:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:3 TSK -> Commentary on 33:3 TSK -> Entry for 33:3 WEN -> Notes on 33:3 NTB -> Baal; Church And State; Hezekiah; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers TTT -> High Places; Idolatry; Kings 33:3 - [In Context] He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the stars of heaven and worshiped them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:4 JFB -> Commentary on 33:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:4 TSK -> Commentary on 33:4 TSK -> Entry for 33:4 WEN -> Notes on 33:4 NTB -> Church And State; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Kings; Temple, The First 33:4 - [In Context] He even built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said his name should be honored forever.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:5 JFB -> Commentary on 33:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:5 TSK -> Commentary on 33:5 TSK -> Entry for 33:5 WEN -> Notes on 33:5 NTB -> Church And State; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Divination; Kings; Temple, The First SBD -> Court 33:5 - [In Context] He put these altars for the stars of heaven in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:6 JFB -> Commentary on 33:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:6 TSK -> Commentary on 33:6 TSK -> Entry for 33:6 WEN -> Notes on 33:6 NTB -> Church And State; Hinnom; Idolatry; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Sorcery; Temple; Tophet TTT -> Children; Divination; Idolatry; Kings; Parents EBD -> Divination; Familiar spirit; Gehenna; Witchcraft SBD -> Hinnom 33:6 - [In Context] Manasseh even sacrificed his own sons in the fire F112 in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:7 JFB -> Commentary on 33:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:7 TSK -> Commentary on 33:7 TSK -> Entry for 33:7 WEN -> Notes on 33:7 NTB -> Church; Church And State; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Rulers; Temple TTT -> Idolatry; Kings 33:7 - [In Context] Manasseh even took a carved idol he had made and set it up in God's Temple, the very place where God had told David and his son Solomon: "My name will be honored here forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem – the city I have chosen from among all the other tribes of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:8 JFB -> Commentary on 33:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:8 TSK -> Commentary on 33:8 TSK -> Entry for 33:8 WEN -> Notes on 33:8 NTB -> Church And State; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh TTT -> Kings 33:8 - [In Context] If the Israelites will obey my commands – all the instructions, laws, and regulations given through Moses – I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:9 JFB -> Commentary on 33:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:9 TSK -> Commentary on 33:9 TSK -> Entry for 33:9 WEN -> Notes on 33:9 NTB -> Church And State; Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh TTT -> Idolatry; Kings 33:9 - [In Context] But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations whom the LORD had destroyed when the Israelites entered the land.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:10 JFB -> Commentary on 33:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:10 TSK -> Commentary on 33:10 TSK -> Entry for 33:10 WEN -> Notes on 33:10 NTB -> Impenitence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh TTT -> Kings; Long-suffering of God, The 33:10 - [In Context] The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:11 JFB -> Commentary on 33:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:11 TSK -> Commentary on 33:11 TSK -> Entry for 33:11 WEN -> Notes on 33:11 NTB -> Babylon; Fetters; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Judgments; Manasseh; War TTT -> Assyria; Kings; Long-suffering of God, The EBD -> Babylon, kingdom of; Bramble; Jerusalem; Manasseh; Thistle SBD -> Esar-haddon; Hook, Hooks 33:11 - [In Context] So the LORD sent the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:12 JFB -> Commentary on 33:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:12 TSK -> Commentary on 33:12 TSK -> Entry for 33:12 WEN -> Notes on 33:12 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God (continued); Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Repentance; Revivals TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Humility; Kings; Long-suffering of God, The; Prayer; Repentance EBD -> Manasseh SBD -> Manasseh 33:12 - [In Context] But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and cried out humbly to the God of his ancestors.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:13 JFB -> Commentary on 33:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:13 TSK -> Commentary on 33:13 TSK -> Entry for 33:13 WEN -> Notes on 33:13 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God (continued); Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Prayer; Repentance; Revivals TTT -> Kings; Long-suffering of God, The; Pardon; Prayer, Answers to; Repentance EBD -> Manasseh SBD -> Manasseh 33:13 - [In Context] And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his request for help. So the LORD let Manasseh return to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Manasseh had finally realized that the LORD alone is God!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:14 JFB -> Commentary on 33:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:14 TSK -> Commentary on 33:14 TSK -> Entry for 33:14 WEN -> Notes on 33:14 NTB -> Fish Gate; Gihon; Hezekiah; Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Jerusalem; Manasseh; Ophel; Revivals TTT -> Cities; Fishes; Gates; Kings EBD -> Fish; Gihon; Jerusalem; Ophel SBD -> Fish; Jerusalem; Ophel 33:14 - [In Context] It was after this that Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around the hill of Ophel, where it was built very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified cities of Judah.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:15 JFB -> Commentary on 33:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:15 TSK -> Commentary on 33:15 TSK -> Entry for 33:15 WEN -> Notes on 33:15 NTB -> Church; Church And State; Iconoclasm; Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Revivals TTT -> Idolatry; Kings; Peace-offerings 33:15 - [In Context] Manasseh also removed the foreign gods from the hills and the idol from the LORD's Temple. He tore down all the altars he had built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:16 JFB -> Commentary on 33:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:16 TSK -> Commentary on 33:16 TSK -> Entry for 33:16 WEN -> Notes on 33:16 NTB -> Altar; Church And State; Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Liberality; Manasseh; Revivals TTT -> Kings; Peace-offerings 33:16 - [In Context] Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:17 JFB -> Commentary on 33:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:17 TSK -> Commentary on 33:17 TSK -> Entry for 33:17 WEN -> Notes on 33:17 NTB -> Church And State; High Places; Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Revivals TTT -> High Places; Kings 33:17 - [In Context] However, the people still sacrificed at the pagan shrines, but only to the LORD their God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:18 JFB -> Commentary on 33:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:18 TSK -> Commentary on 33:18 TSK -> Entry for 33:18 WEN -> Notes on 33:18 NTB -> Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Prayer; Prophets; Revivals; Word Of God TTT -> Kings; Prayer, Private; Prophecy; Prophets EBD -> Seer 33:18 - [In Context] The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign, his prayer to God, and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are recorded in The Book of the Kings of Israel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:19 JFB -> Commentary on 33:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:19 TSK -> Commentary on 33:19 TSK -> Entry for 33:19 WEN -> Notes on 33:19 NTB -> Influence; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh; Prayer; Revivals TTT -> Books; Kings; Prayer, Answers to; Prayer, Private EBD -> Seer 33:19 - [In Context] Manasseh's prayer, the account of the way God answered him, and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in The Record of the Seers. F113 It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he repented.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 33:20 JFB -> Commentary on 33:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 33:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 33:20 TSK -> Commentary on 33:20 TSK -> Entry for 33:20 NTB -> Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Manasseh TTT -> Kings EBD -> Amon; Manasseh; Samuel 33:20 - [In Context] When Manasseh died, he was buried at his palace. Then his son Amon became the next king.
FOOTNOTES: F112: Or even made his sons pass through the fire. F113: Or The Record of Hozai.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.