2 Chronicles 33:3 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

2 Chronicles 33:3

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

1 Manasseh ^awas twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the ^aabominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

3 For he rebuilt the¹ high places which Hezekiah his father had ^abroken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and ^bmade wooden images; and he worshiped ^call the host of heaven and served them.

4 He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ^a“In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.”

5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven ^ain the two courts of the house of the Lord.

6 ^aAlso he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced ^bsoothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and ^cconsulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

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I & II Chronicles

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF CHRONICLES were also considered as one by the ancient Jews, who called them "words of days," that is, diaries or journals, being probably compiled from those registers that were kept by the king's historiographers of passing occurrences. In the Septuagint the title given them is Paraleipomenon, "of things omitted," that is, the books are supplementary because many things unnoticed in the former books are here recorded; and not only the omissions are supplied, but some narratives extended while others are added. The authorship is commonly ascribed to Ezra, whose leading object seems to have been to show the division of families, possessions, etc., before the captivity, with a view to the exact restoration of the same order after the return from Babylon. Although many things are restated and others are exact repetitions of what is contained in Kings, there is so much new and important information that, as JEROME has well said, the Chronicles furnish the means of comprehending parts of the New Testament, which must have been unintelligible without them. They are frequently referred to by Christ and the Apostles as forming part of "the Word of God" (see the genealogies in Mat. 1:1-16; Luk. 3:23-38; compare II Chronicles 19:7 with I Peter 1:17; II Chronicles 24:19-21 with Matthew 23:32-35).