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2 Crônicas 33

BLIVRE · Chapter 33/36

1De doze anos era Manassés quando começou a reinar, e cinquenta e cinco anos reinou em Jerusalém.

2Mas fez o que era mau em olhos do SENHOR, conforme as abominações das nações que havia lançado o SENHOR diante dos filhos de Israel:

3Porque ele reedificou os altos que Ezequias seu pai havia derrubado, e levantou altares aos baalins, e fez bosques, e adorou a todo o exército dos céus, e a ele serviu.

4Edificou também altares na casa do SENHOR, da qual havia dito o SENHOR: Em Jerusalém será meu nome perpetuamente.

5Edificou assim altares a todo o exército dos céus nos dois átrios da casa do SENHOR.

6E passou seus filhos por fogo no vale dos filhos de Hinom; e olhava adivinhações, predições supersticiosas, e feitiçarias, e consultava médiuns e interpretadores de espíritos; ele fez muito mal aos olhos do SENHOR, para irritar-lhe.

7A mais disto pôs uma imagem de fundição, que fez, na casa de Deus, da qual havia dito Deus a Davi e a Salomão seu filho: Nesta casa e em Jerusalém, a qual eu escolhi sobre todas as tribos de Israel, porei meu nome para sempre:

8E nunca mais tirarei o pé de Israel da terra que eu entreguei a vossos pais, a condição que guardem e façam todas as coisas que eu lhes ei mandado, toda a lei, estatutos, e ordenanças, por meio de Moisés.

9Fez, pois, Manassés desviar-se a Judá e aos moradores de Jerusalém, para fazer mais mal que as nações que o SENHOR destruiu diante dos filhos de Israel.

10E falou o SENHOR a Manassés e a seu povo, mas eles não escutaram:

11Por isso o SENHOR trouxe contra eles os generais do exército do rei dos assírios, os quais aprisionaram com grilhões a Manassés, e acorrentado com correntes levaram-no a Babilônia.

12Mas logo que foi posto em angústias, orou ante o SENHOR seu Deus, humilhado grandemente na presença do Deus de seus pais.

13E havendo a ele orado, foi atendido; pois que ouviu sua oração, e voltou-o a Jerusalém, a seu reino. Então conheceu Manassés que o SENHOR era Deus.

14Depois disto edificou o muro de fora da cidade de Davi, ao ocidente de Giom, no vale, à entrada da porta do peixe, e cercou a Ofel, e levantou-o muito alto; e pôs capitães de exército em todas as cidades fortes por Judá.

15Também tirou os deuses alheios, e o ídolo da casa do SENHOR, e todos os altares que havia edificado no monte da casa do SENHOR e em Jerusalém, e lançou-os fora da cidade.

16Reparou logo o altar do SENHOR, e sacrificou sobre ele sacrifícios pacíficos e de louvor; e mandou a Judá que servissem ao SENHOR Deus de Israel.

17Porém o povo ainda sacrificava nos altos, ainda que somente ao SENHOR seu Deus.

18Os demais dos feitos de Manassés, e sua oração a seu Deus, e as palavras dos videntes que lhe falaram em nome do SENHOR o Deus de Israel, eis que tudo está escrito nos feitos dos reis de Israel.

19Sua oração também, e como foi ouvido, todos seus pecados, e sua transgressão, os lugares de onde edificou altos e havia posto bosques e ídolos antes que se humilhasse, eis que estas coisas estão escritas nas palavras dos videntes.

20E descansou Manassés com seus pais, e sepultaram-no em sua casa: e reinou em seu lugar Amom seu filho.

21De vinte e dois anos era Amom quando começou a reinar, e dois anos reinou em Jerusalém.

22E fez o que era mau em olhos do SENHOR, como havia feito Manassés seu pai: porque a todos os ídolos que seu pai Manassés havia feito, sacrificou e serviu Amom.

23Mas nunca se humilhou diante do SENHOR, como se humilhou Manassés seu pai: antes aumentou o pecado.

24E conspiraram contra ele seus servos, e mataram-no em sua casa.

25Mas o povo da terra feriu a todos os que haviam conspirado contra o rei Amom; e o povo da terra pôs por rei em seu lugar a Josias seu filho.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, becomes one of the most idolatrous kings in Judah's history, practicing sorcery and even sacrificing his own children. He is taken prisoner by the Assyrians, and in this extreme humiliation he repents deeply, being restored to the throne and going on to remove the idolatry he had established.

Explanation

Manasseh's journey is one of the most surprising stories of redemption in the whole Bible: after reigning for decades practicing nearly every possible form of idolatry and spiritual violence, including defiling the temple itself with idols, he is humiliated to the extreme, being led away in chains into exile in Babylon. It is exactly at this lowest point that he finally humbles himself genuinely before God, and remarkably, God responds with mercy, restoring him to the throne. His subsequent reform, removing the very idols he had installed, shows that even the most extreme sinner can find a way back through sincere repentance — a powerful message of hope even after decades of terribly destructive choices.

Fun facts

  • The apocryphal book titled 'The Prayer of Manasseh,' not included in the Protestant biblical canon but present in some Christian traditions, is a later text that imaginatively attempts to reconstruct the words of repentance Manasseh would have prayed during his captivity.
  • Despite his sincere repentance and later reforms, the prophet Jeremiah, generations later, still attributes Jerusalem's final destruction, in part, to the accumulated weight of the specific sins committed during Manasseh's long reign (2 Kings 23:26-27), showing how certain spiritual consequences can persist even after genuine repentance.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Crônicas 33:1Manasseh was only twelve years old when he began to reign, and he ruled fifty-five years in Jerusalem — the longest reign of any king of Judah.
  2. 2 Crônicas 33:2The Chronicler’s verdict is harsh: Manasseh did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, repeating the detestable practices of the nations God had driven out of the land.
  3. 2 Crônicas 33:3Manasseh rebuilds the high places his father Hezekiah had torn down, raises altars to Baal, makes sacred poles, and even goes so far as to worship the whole host of heaven — sun, moon, and stars.
  4. 2 Crônicas 33:4He builds idolatrous altars inside the temple itself, in the very place God had chosen to put His name forever.
  5. 2 Crônicas 33:5Manasseh builds altars for the worship of the host of heaven in both courtyards of the temple, completely reversing his father’s religious reform.
  6. 2 Crônicas 33:6Manasseh even repeats the sacrifice of children by fire, on top of practicing divination and sorcery — a list of sins that marks him, at first glance, as the worst king in the whole book.
  7. 2 Crônicas 33:7Manasseh sets up a carved image, an idol he made himself, inside the temple — the very place God had promised David and Solomon would bear His name forever.
  8. 2 Crônicas 33:8That promise came with a condition: Israel would remain in the land as long as it faithfully obeyed everything God commanded through the law of Moses.
  9. 2 Crônicas 33:9Manasseh drags Judah and Jerusalem down to a level of wrongdoing even worse than that of the nations God had already destroyed ahead of them.
  10. 2 Crônicas 33:10The Lord speaks directly to Manasseh and the people, but they simply pay no attention to the warning.
  11. 2 Crônicas 33:11Because of this, God brings against them the commanders of the Assyrian army, who capture Manasseh hiding among the thornbushes, bind him with chains, and carry him off as a prisoner to Babylon.
  12. 2 Crônicas 33:12In the distress of prison, Manasseh finally prays sincerely to the Lord and deeply humbles himself before the God of his ancestors.
  13. 2 Crônicas 33:13What Chronicles tells — and the book of Kings doesn’t mention — is that Manasseh, taken prisoner to Babylon, truly repents in prison, and God restores him to his own throne. It’s one of the few cases in the entire book where even the most wicked king gets a recorded second chance.
  14. 2 Crônicas 33:14After being restored, Manasseh builds an outer wall for the City of David, strengthens the Ophel area, and places military commanders in the fortified cities of Judah.
  15. 2 Crônicas 33:15Manasseh removes the foreign gods and the idol he had set up from the temple, along with all the idolatrous altars raised in Jerusalem, throwing everything out of the city.
  16. 2 Crônicas 33:16He repairs the altar of the Lord, resumes offering peace offerings and offerings of praise, and orders all Judah to serve the God of Israel.
  17. 2 Crônicas 33:17Even so, the people keep sacrificing at the high places, though now they direct those offerings only to the true God, no longer to idols.
  18. 2 Crônicas 33:18The rest of Manasseh’s story, his prayer, and the words of the prophets who spoke to him are recorded in the annals of the kings of Israel.
  19. 2 Crônicas 33:19Even more specific details about his prayer, his sin, and the places where he had built high places before repenting appear in the books of the seers.
  20. 2 Crônicas 33:20Manasseh dies and is buried in his own house; his son Amon takes the throne, quickly reversing his father’s repentance.
  21. 2 Crônicas 33:21Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he ruled only two years in Jerusalem.
  22. 2 Crônicas 33:22Amon quickly reverses his father’s late repentance, goes back to worshiping the same idols, and reigns only two years before being assassinated by his own servants — as if Manasseh’s reform had left no root at all in his son.
  23. 2 Crônicas 33:23Unlike his father, Amon never humbles himself before the Lord — on the contrary, he multiplies his own sins even further.
  24. 2 Crônicas 33:24Amon’s own servants conspire against him and kill him inside his own house.
  25. 2 Crônicas 33:25The people of the land respond by killing all the conspirators and placing Josiah, Amon’s son, on the throne in his place.

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