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2 Chronicles 33:19
His 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records Manasseh’s post-captivity repentance, noting that the details of his prayer, sins, and idolatrous sites are preserved in the Records of the Seers rather than in the royal chronicles.
The words — תְפִלָּתוֹ (te.fi.la.T/o) means “his prayer,” and חַטָּאתוֹ (cha.ta.T/o) means “his sin,” anchoring the verse’s claim that both transgression and divine response are explicitly documented.
The thread — The pairing of recorded sin with recorded prayer runs through 2 Chronicles 33:18 and 1 John 1:9, while Jeremiah 44:10 contrasts this documented humility with persistent unrepentance.
Why it lands — The text demands that readers accept the full record of a ruler’s failure and recovery without minimizing either, recognizing that Scripture preserves both the depth of rebellion and the fact of divine hearing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 44:10 To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
- Daniel 5:22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
- Romans 5:16 Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
- Psalms 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- 2 Chronicles 30:11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.