He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he raised up altars for the Baals, made Asheroth, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house. He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger. He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. I will not any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law, the statutes, and the ordinances given by Moses.” Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
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He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house.
He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s house, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
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Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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.
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.'
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him.
And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My name for ever;
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- 2 Chronicles 4:9 (v5) Furthermore he made the court of the priests, the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 (vv4, 7) For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.
- Leviticus 18:21 (v6) “ ‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 19:26 (v6) “ ‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
- Leviticus 19:31 (v6) “ ‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
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- Leviticus 20:6 (v6) “ ‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that…
- 2 Kings 21:6 (v6) He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with…
- 2 Chronicles 28:3 (v6) Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the…
- 2 Chronicles 33:4 (v7) He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
- 1 Kings 8:29 (vv4, 7) that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there;’ to…
- 2 Chronicles 6:6 (vv4, 7) but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
- Deuteronomy 12:11 (v4) then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that…
- 1 Chronicles 10:13 (v6) So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Yahweh, because of Yahweh’s word, which he didn’t keep; and also because he asked…
- Isaiah 8:19 (v6) When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people…
- Isaiah 47:9-12 (v6) But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full…
- Jeremiah 7:31-32 (v6) They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the…
- 2 Chronicles 33:15 (vv4, 7) He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of Yahweh’s house, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of Yahweh’s house,…
- Leviticus 20:2 (v6) “Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel,…
- Leviticus 20:27 (v6) “ ‘A man or a woman that is a medium or is a wizard shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones. Their blood shall be…
- Deuteronomy 12:31 (v6) You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn…
- Deuteronomy 18:10-14 (v6) There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells…
- 1 Samuel 15:23 (v6) For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has…
- 1 Kings 8:44 (v7) “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which…
- 1 Kings 8:48 (v7) if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you…
- 1 Kings 9:3 (v4) Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you…
- 1 Kings 11:13 (v7) However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake…
- 1 Kings 11:32 (v7) (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of…
- 2 Kings 17:17 (v6) They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which…
- 2 Kings 21:4-5 (v4) He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.” He built altars for all the army of the sky in…
- 2 Kings 21:7-8 (v7) He set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house,…
- 2 Kings 23:6 (v7) He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it…
- 2 Kings 23:10 (v6) He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the…
- 2 Kings 23:24 (v6) Moreover Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were…
- 2 Chronicles 32:19 (v4) They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3-4 (v4) For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he…
- Psalms 78:68 (v7) But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
- Psalms 132:13-14 (v7) For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. “This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired…
- Isaiah 19:3 (v6) The spirit of Egypt will fail within it. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar…
- Jeremiah 7:30 (v4) “For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight,” says Yahweh. “They have set their abominations in the house which is…
- Jeremiah 32:34-35 (v5) But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. They built the high places of Baal, which are in the…
- Ezekiel 8:7-18 (v5) He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the…
- Ezekiel 23:37 (v6) For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have also caused their…
- Ezekiel 23:39 (v6) For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, they have…
- Galatians 5:20 (v6) idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv6–7 Read 2 Kings 16:3.
Read 2 Kings 16:3.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv4–7 2Ch 33:4 Also he built altars in the house…
2Ch 33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Ver. 4. In the house of the Lord.] Which was as bad as for a wife to bring her paramours into her husband’s bed.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv5, 7 Verse 5. He built altars] See the principal facts…
Verse 5. He built altars] See the principal facts in this chapter explained in the notes on 2Kg 21:1-17.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v7 The idol - i. e. the Asherah (2Ki 21:7…
The idol - i. e. the Asherah (2Ki 21:7 note), which receives here (and in Eze 8:3, Eze 8:5) the somewhat unusual name of semel, which some regard as a proper name, and compare with the Greek Σεμέλη Semelē.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv5–7 Courts of the Gentiles and of Israel, (M.) though…
Courts of the Gentiles and of Israel, (M.) though afterwards he also placed idols even in the court of the priests, v. 7. Salien, the year of the world 3340. --- But we find no express mention of the court of the Gentiles, till after the captivity; (C.) so that the two courts mean those of the priests and of Israel. Villalpand; Sa, &c.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv4–7 4. shall my name be for ever] Cp. 2Ch_7:16.
4. shall my name be for ever] Cp. 2Ch_7:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4, 6, 7 (4) Also he built . . . In Jerusalem.—Literally…
(4) Also he built . . . In Jerusalem.—Literally as Kings. Manasseh built altars in the Temple, as Ahaz had done (2Ki_16:10, seq.).
Shall my name be for ever.—A heightening of the phrase in Kings, “I will set mv name.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv4, 6, 7 In Jerusalem. (so 2Ch_6:6 2Ch_7:16) The quotation is Deu_12:11.
In Jerusalem. (so 2Ch_6:6 2Ch_7:16) The quotation is Deu_12:11.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv4, 7 It is in Jerusalem that my name will be…
It is in Jerusalem that my name will be forever
The name is a metonym for the person. AT: "Jerusalem is where I will forever make known who I am" (See: Metonymy)
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He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh
It is implied that he built these altars so people could make sacrifices and worship the stars. Also, he would not have built these altars himself, rather he would have commanded his workers to do it. AT: "He had his workers build altars in the two courtyards of the house of Yahweh so that the people could worship the stars and offer them sacrifices" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information and Metonymy)
Valley of Ben Hinnom
This is the name of a place near Jerusalem that is also known as Gehenna. (See: How to Translate Names)
he caused his sons to pass through the fire
You may need to make explicit why he put his son in the fire and what happened after he did so. AT: "he burned his sons to death as an offering to his gods" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
consulted with
"asked for information from"
the dead
This refers to dead people. AT: "dead people" or "those who are dead" (See: Nominal Adjectives)
Manasseh did much evil in the sight of Yahweh
Here Yahweh's "sight" refers to how he judges or decides on the value of something. See how you translated a similar phrase in 2 Chronicles 14:2. AT: "Manasseh did many things that Yahweh said were evil" or "He practiced the things that Yahweh considered evil" (See: Metaphor)
he provoked him to anger
"Manasseh made Yahweh very angry"
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altar
house of God
name
command
eternity
heaven
court
sorcerer
spirit
anger
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 33:7 The carved idol was an image of Asherah…
33:7 The carved idol was an image of Asherah (see 2 Kgs 21:7).
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