2 Chronicles 33 · Verse 19

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
2 Chronicles 33:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 33:19 in other translations

BSBHis prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
WEBHis prayer also, and how God listened to his request, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places and set up the Asherah poles and the engraved images before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
ASVHis prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
YLTand his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai.
DARBYAnd his prayer, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness, and the places in which he built high places, and set up Asherahs and graven images, before he was humbled, behold, they are written among the words of Hozai.
BBEAnd the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.
WebsterHis prayer also, and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

What does 2 Chronicles 33:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 His prayer also - What is called the Prayer of Manasseh, king of Judah, when he was holden captive in Babylon, being found among our apocryphal books, I have inserted it at the end of the chapter, without either asserting or thinking that it is the identical prayer which this penitent king used when a captive in Babylon. But, as I have observed in another place, there are many good sentiments in it; and some sinners may find it a proper echo of the distresses of their hearts; I therefore insert it. Written among the sayings of the seers - "They are written in the words of Chozai." - Targum. So says the Vulgate. The Syriac has Hunan the prophet; and the Arabic has Saphan the prophet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:1-20

We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. Deprived of his liberty, separated from his evil counsellors and companions, without any prospect but of ending his days in a wretched prison, Manasseh thought upon what had passed; he began to cry for mercy and deliverance. He confessed his…

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2 Chronicles 33:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹu.te.fi.la.Toand prayer hisH8605
וְהֵֽעָתֶר\־ve.he.'a.ter-and being entreatedH6279
לוֹ֮loby him
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
חַטָּאת֣וֹcha.ta.Tosin hisH2403
וּמַעְלוֹ֒u.ma'.Loand unfaithfulness hisH4604
וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹתve.ha.me.ko.Motand the placesH4725
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834
בָּנָ֨הba.Nahhe builtH1129
בָהֶ֤םva.Hemat them
בָּמוֹת֙ba.mOthigh placesH1116
וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ve.he.'e.Midand he set upH5975
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣יםha.'a.she.Rimthe Asherah polesH842
וְהַפְּסִלִ֔יםve.ha.pe.si.Limand the idolsH6456
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הִכָּנְע֑וֹhi.ka.ne.'Ohe humbled himselfH3665
הִנָּ֣םhi.Namthere theyH2005
כְּתוּבִ֔יםke.tu.Vim[are] writtenH3789
עַ֖ל'alonH5921
דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697
חוֹזָֽי\׃cho.ZaiHozaiH2335

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 33:19

  • 1 John 1:9

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  • Acts 9:11

    And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

  • Daniel 5:22

    And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

  • Romans 5:16

    And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

  • Jeremiah 44:10

    They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

  • Psalms 119:67

    Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:12

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  • Psalms 119:75

    I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

  • Psalms 119:71

    It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:11

    Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:1-13

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
his prayer also.
11,12,19; Pr 15:8; Ac 9:11; 1Jo 1:9
all his sins.
1-10; Ro 5:16
before he.
12; 30:11; 36:12; Ps 119:67,71,75; Jer 44:10; Da 5:22
the seers. or, Hosai.So the Targum and Vulgate: the Syraic has Hanun the prophet; and the Arabic, Saphan the prophet. This record is totally lost; for the captivity and repentance of Manasseh are related no where else; and the prayer of Manasseh in the Apocrypha was probably composed long afterwards: it is not acknowledged as canonical even by the Romish church, though it was anciently used as a form of confession, and as such still received by the Greek church.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 33:18

    Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19

    His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:20

    So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 33:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y durmió Manasés con sus padres, y sepultáronlo en su casa: y reinó en su lugar Amón su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et sa prière, et comment Dieu fut fléchi, et tout son péché, et le mal qu’il commit, et les endroits où il bâtit des hauts lieux et dressa des ashères et des images taillées, avant qu’il se soit humilié, voici, cela est écrit dans les paroles de Hozaï.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sein Gebet aber, und wie Gott sich von ihm erbitten ließ, und alle seine Sünde und seine Untreue, und die Orte, an welchen er Höhen gebaut und die Ascherim und die geschnitzten Bilder aufgestellt hatte, bevor er sich demütigte: siehe, das ist geschrieben in der Geschichte Hosais.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Oratio quoque ejus et exauditio, et cuncta peccata atque contemptus, loca etiam in quibus ædificavit excelsa, et fecit lucos et statuas antequam ageret pœnitentiam, scripta sunt in sermonibus Hozai.