Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” New Living Translation He built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” English Standard Version And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.” Berean Standard Bible Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” King James Bible Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. New King James Version He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.” New American Standard Bible He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” NASB 1995 He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” NASB 1977 And he built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” Legacy Standard Bible And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “In Jerusalem My name shall be forever.” Amplified Bible He built [pagan] altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” Christian Standard Bible He built altars in the LORD’s temple, where the LORD had said, “Jerusalem is where my name will remain forever.” Holman Christian Standard Bible He built altars in the LORD’s temple, where Yahweh had said, “Jerusalem is where My name will remain forever.” American Standard Version And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. Contemporary English Version In the temple, where only the LORD was supposed to be worshiped, Manasseh built altars for the worship of pagan gods English Revised Version And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever. GOD'S WORD® Translation He built altars in the LORD's temple, where the LORD had said, "My name will be in Jerusalem forever." Good News Translation He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped forever. International Standard Version He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had spoken "My name will reside in Jerusalem forever." Majority Standard Bible Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, ?My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.? NET Bible He built altars in the LORD's temple, about which the LORD had said, "Jerusalem will be my permanent home." New Heart English Bible He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever." Webster's Bible Translation Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. World English Bible He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he has built altars in the house of YHWH of which YHWH had said, “My Name is in Jerusalem for all time.” Young's Literal Translation And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, 'In Jerusalem is My name to the age.' Smith's Literal Translation And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall be my name forever. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe built also altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, he built altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.” New American Bible He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be forever; New Revised Standard Version He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMoreover he worshipped all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said: 'In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And he built altars in the house of the Lord, concerning which the Lord said, In Jerusalem shall be my name for ever. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Manasseh Reigns in Judah…3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. 4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.… Cross References 1 Kings 9:3 And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. 2 Kings 21:4-5 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven. 2 Chronicles 6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 2 Chronicles 7:12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 2 Chronicles 7:16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven. Deuteronomy 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. 1 Kings 8:29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. 1 Kings 8:44 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name, 1 Kings 8:48 and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name, Jeremiah 7:10-11 and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. Jeremiah 7:30 For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. Ezekiel 5:11 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you. Ezekiel 8:5-6 “Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.” Treasury of Scripture Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. he built 2 Chronicles 33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 2 Chronicles 34:3,4 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images… 2 Kings 21:4,5 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name… In Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 2 Chronicles 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 2 Chronicles 32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. Jump to Previous Age Altars Built Forever House Jerusalem Temple WhereofJump to Next Age Altars Built Forever House Jerusalem Temple Whereof2 Chronicles 33 1. Manasseh's wicked reign3. 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 Manasseh built altars The phrase "Manasseh built altars" indicates a direct violation of God's commandments. Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, was a king of Judah who reigned for 55 years. His actions in building altars within the temple precincts were a stark departure from the religious reforms of his father. The Hebrew root for "altars" (מִזְבְּחוֹת, mizbechot) often refers to structures for sacrifice, typically associated with worship. In this context, it suggests idolatrous practices, as Manasseh erected these altars for pagan deities, defiling the sacred space dedicated to Yahweh. in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said 'My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.' Shall my name be for ever.--A heightening of the phrase in Kings, "I will set mv name." Verse 4. - In Jerusalem (so 2 Chronicles 6:6; 2 Chronicles 7:16). The quotation is from Deuteronomy 12:11.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [Manasseh] also builtוּבָנָ֥ה (ū·ḇā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1129: To build altars מִזְבְּח֖וֹת (miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4196: An altar in the house בְּבֵ֣ית (bə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of which אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had said, אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “My Name שְּׁמִ֖י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8034: A name will remain יִֽהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֥ם (bî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel forever.” לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always Links 2 Chronicles 33:4 NIV2 Chronicles 33:4 NLT 2 Chronicles 33:4 ESV 2 Chronicles 33:4 NASB 2 Chronicles 33:4 KJV 2 Chronicles 33:4 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 33:4 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 33:4 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 33:4 French Bible 2 Chronicles 33:4 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 33:4 He built altars in the house (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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