2 Chronicles 33 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 33:6

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.
2 Chronicles 33:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 33:6 in other translations

BSBHe sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of 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.
WEBHe 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 the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
ASVHe also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
YLTAnd he hath caused his sons to pass over through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and observed clouds and used enchantments and witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and a wizard; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
DARBYHe also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
BBEMore than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 33:6 mean?

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 33:6 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.

וְהוּא֩ve.Hu'and heH1931
הֶעֱבִ֨ירhe.'e.Virhe made passH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בָּנָ֤יוba.Navsons hisH1121
בָּאֵשׁ֙ba.'Eshin the fireH784
בְּגֵ֣יbe.Geiin [the] valley ofH1516
בֶן\־ven-BenH1121
הִנֹּ֔םhi.NomHinnomH2011
וְעוֹנֵ֤ןve.'o.Nenand he practiced soothsayingH6049
וְנִחֵשׁ֙ve.ni.Cheshand he practiced divinationH5172
וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ףve.khi.Shefand he practiced sorceryH3784
וְעָ֥שָׂהve.'A.sahand he dealt withH6213
א֖וֹב'ovnecromancerH178
וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑יve.yi.de.'o.Niand soothsayerH3049
הִרְבָּ֗הhir.Bahhe increasedH7235
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
הָרַ֛עha.Ra'the evilH7451
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ\׃le.hakh.'i.Soto provoke to anger himH3707

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 33:6

  • Leviticus 20:6

    And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • Leviticus 19:26

    Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

  • 2 Kings 21:6

    And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  • Leviticus 19:31

    Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

  • Leviticus 18:21

    And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:3

    Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 10:13

    So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;

  • Jeremiah 7:31-32

    And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

  • Isaiah 8:19

    And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

  • Isaiah 47:9-12

    But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

  • Ezekiel 23:37

    That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

  • 2 Kings 23:24

    Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
caused.
28:3; Le 18:21; 20:2; De 12:31; 18:10; 2Ki 21:6; 23:10; Jer 7:31,32
Eze 23:37,39
he observed.
Le 19:26; 20:6; De 18:10-14; 1Sa 15:23; 2Ki 17:17; Isa 47:9-12
Ga 5:20
dealt.
2Ki 21:6; 23:24; 1Ch 10:13; Isa 8:19; 19:3

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 33:5

    And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:6

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:7

    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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2 Chronicles 33:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pasó sus hijos por fuego en el valle de los hijos de Hinnom; y miraba en los tiempos, miraba en agüeros, era dado á adivinaciones, y consultaba pythones y encantadores: subió de punto en hacer lo malo en ojos de Jehová, para irritarle.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il fit passer ses fils par le feu dans la vallée du fils de Hinnom; et il pronostiquait, et pratiquait les enchantements et la magie, et il établit des évocateurs d’esprits et des diseurs de bonne aventure: il fit outre mesure ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’ Éternel, pour le provoquer à colère.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ließ seine Söhne durchs Feuer gehen im Tale des Sohnes Hinnoms, und er trieb Zauberei und Wahrsagerei und Beschwörung, und bestellte Totenbeschwörer und Wahrsager: er tat viel Böses in den Augen Jehovas, um ihn zu reizen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
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.