2 Chronicles 33

2 Chronicles 33:1

2 CHAPTER 33

Manasseh’ s wicked reign, . His captivity, . His prayer and reformation, . His acts, ,19, and death, . Amon’ s wicked reign; is slain by his servants, . They being slain, Josiah succeedeth him, .

This and the following verses, to ver 11, are taken out of &c.

2 Chronicles 33:11

Among the thorns; in some thicket where he thought to hide himself from the Assyrians till he could make an escape, as the Israelites formerly used to do, . Or, with hooks; a metaphorical expression. Or, in his forts, i.e. in one of them.

Carried him to Babylon; either therefore Esar-haddon, Sennacherib’ s successor, had recovered Babylon from Merodach-baladan; or rather, the king of Babylon is here called

the king of Assyria, because at this time he had added Assyria to his empire; who having been informed by his ambassadors of the great riches which were in Hezekiah’ s treasures at Jerusalem, which he was desirous to enjoy; and withal, being assured of Manasseh’ s degeneracy from the piety and virtue of his father, and from that God whose power alone made Hezekiah formidable, he thought this a fit season to invade Manasseh’ s kingdom; which he did with success.

2 Chronicles 33:13

i.e. He was convinced by his own experience of God’ s power, justice, and goodness, that Jehovah alone was the true God, and not those idols which he had worshipped, by which he had received great hurt, and no good.

2 Chronicles 33:14

He built a wall; he repaired and strengthened that wall which Hezekiah had built, , and which possibly the king of Assyria, when he last took Jerusalem, had caused to be thrown down, either wholly or in part.

On the west side of Gihon; on the west side of the city of David, to which Hezekiah had brought this water-course down, , into the great pool which he had made to receive it; and possibly this wall was built to secure the free use of it to the citizens when they should be distressed or besieged by an enemy.

Compassed about Ophel with a wall. Of Ophel see before, .

2 Chronicles 33:16

That thereby he might, as far as he could, repair the injuries which he had done to God by his impious commands, .

2 Chronicles 33:18

i.e. Of Judah, oft called Israel, as hath been noted before. He speaks not of that part of the canon, called the

Book of Kings, for these things are not mentioned there; but of their public records, where all things were particularly mentioned, and whence the most important things were taken by the prophets, and put into those canonical books

2 Chronicles 33:19

Or rather, of Hosai, a writer so called; for when the sacred penmen make a reference, they constantly refer us to some particular book or certain author, as to the chronicles of the kings of Israel, or Judah; to the prophecy of Ahijah, or Oded, &c.

2 Chronicles 33:20

In his own house, i.e. in his garden; of which See Poole “”.