Passage Research
2 Chronicles 33 — Sermon Preparation
Manasseh fills Judah with idolatry, is taken captive to Babylon, repents and returns to God; his son Amon repeats his idolatry and is assassinated. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 33, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 380 / 160
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 33 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מְנַשֶּׁה | Mᵉnashsheh | H4519 | 10 | Menashsheh |
| אָמוֹן | ʼÂmôwn | H526 | 5 | Amon |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 7 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| מָלַךְ | mâlak | H4427 | 6 | reign, ascend the throne |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 6 | build |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 7 | father |
| כָּנַע | kânaʻ | H3665 | 4 | bend, humiliate |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 33, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter we have the history of the reign, I. Of Manasseh, who reigned long. 1. His wretched apostasy from God, and revolt to idolatry and all wickedness, ver. 1-10. 2. His happy return to God in his affliction; his repentance (ver. 11-13), his reformation (ver. 15-17), and prosperity (ver. 14), with the conclusion of his reign, ver. 18-20. II. Of Amon, who reigned very wickedly (ver. 21-23), and soon ended his days unhappily, ver. 24, 25. The Reign of Manasseh. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 33:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 33:1
- Assyria— 2 Chr 33:11
- Babylon 1— 2 Chr 33:11
- City of David— 2 Chr 33:14
- Fish Gate— 2 Chr 33:14
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