2 Chronicles 33:12
New International Version
In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

New Living Translation
But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

English Standard Version
And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Berean Standard Bible
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

King James Bible
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

New King James Version
Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

New American Standard Bible
When he was in distress, he appeased the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

NASB 1995
When he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

NASB 1977
And when he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when he was in distress, he entreated Yahweh his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Amplified Bible
But when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Christian Standard Bible
When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

American Standard Version
And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when it was grievous to him, he prayed before LORD JEHOVAH his God, and he was very afraid before LORD JEHOVAH God of his fathers.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

Contemporary English Version
While Manasseh was held captive there, he asked the LORD God to forgive him and to help him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.

English Revised Version
And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When he experienced this distress, he begged the LORD his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.

Good News Translation
In his suffering he became humble, turned to the LORD his God, and begged him for help.

International Standard Version
But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Literal Standard Version
And when he is in distress he has appeased the face of his God YHWH, and is exceedingly humbled before the God of his fathers,

Majority Standard Bible
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

New American Bible
In his distress, he began to appease the LORD, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his ancestors,

NET Bible
In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

New Revised Standard Version
While he was in distress he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

New Heart English Bible
When he was in distress, he begged the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

World English Bible
When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Young's Literal Translation
And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Manasseh's Repentance and Restoration
11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. 12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. 13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:26
Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart--he and the people of Jerusalem--so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 33:18
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:23
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

Psalm 118:5
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

Psalm 120:1
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

Psalm 130:1
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

Psalm 130:2
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.


Treasury of Scripture

And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

And when

2 Chronicles 28:22
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

Leviticus 26:39-42
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them…

Deuteronomy 4:30,31
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; …

he besought

2 Chronicles 33:18,19
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel…

Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Acts 9:11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

the Lord

2 Chronicles 28:5
Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

humbled

2 Chronicles 33:19,23
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…

2 Chronicles 32:26
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

Exodus 10:3
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

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2 Chronicles 33
1. Manasseh's wicked reign
3. He sets up idolatry, and will not be admonished
11. He is carried into Babylon
12. Upon his prayer to God he is released and puts down idolatry
18. His acts
20. He dying, Amon succeeds him
21. who is slain by his servants
25. The murderers being slain, Josiah succeeds him














(12) When he was in affliction.--See this phrase in 2Chronicles 28:22.

He besought.--Literally, stroked the face, a curious realistic phrase occurring in Exodus 32:11.

The God of his fathers.--Whom he had forsaken for the gods of aliens. Some MSS., and the Syriac, Targum, and Arabic insert "Jehovah" before this phrase.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And in his distress,
וּכְהָצֵ֣ר (ū·ḵə·hā·ṣêr)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped

[Manasseh] sought
חִלָּ֕ה (ḥil·lāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick

the favor
פְּנֵ֖י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

his God
אֱלֹהָ֑יו (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and earnestly
מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

humbled himself
וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע (way·yik·kā·na‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3665: To bend the knee, to humiliate, vanquish

before
מִלִּפְנֵ֖י (mil·lip̄·nê)
Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the God
אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of his fathers.
אֲבֹתָֽיו׃ (’ă·ḇō·ṯāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father


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