2 Chronicles 33:7

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
set	וַיָּ֕שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
image	פֶּ֥סֶל Pe.sel	H6459	an idol · noun, common masculine singular construct
idol	הַסֶּ֖מֶל ha.Se.mel	H5566	a likeness · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
made	עָשָׂ֑ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	בְּבֵ֣ית be.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
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…
1 Kings 8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that tho…
1 Kings 8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which t…
1 Kings 8:48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray u…
1 Kings 11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which…
1 Kings 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Is…
2 Kings 21:7-8 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:1-10

We have here an account of the great wickedness of Manasseh. It is the same almost word for word with that which we had Kg2 21:1-9, and took a melancholy view of. It is no such pleasing subject that we should delight to dwell upon it again. This foolish young prince, in contradiction to the good example and good education his father gave him, abandoned himself to all impiety, transcribed the abominations of the heathen (Ch2 33:2), ruined the established religion, unravelled his father's glorious reformation (Ch2 33:3), profaned the house of God with his idolatry (Ch2 33:4, Ch2 33:5), dedicated his children to Moloch, and made the devil's lying oracles his guides and his counsellors, Ch2 33:6…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 33:7

A carved image - "He set up an image, the likeness of himself, in the house of the sanctuary." The Targumist supposes he wished to procure himself Divine honors.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old,.... From hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 33:9 the same things are recorded, almost word for word, as in 2 Kings 21:1, see the notes there. See Gill on 2 Kings 21:1.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 33:7

The carved idol was an image of Asherah (see 2 Kgs 21:7).

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 33:7

forever - Heb. לְעֵילוֹם, [a variant of] לְעוֹלָם.

Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Clarke, Gill, Calvin and Keil & Delitzsch are in the public domain; Tyndale Open Study Notes © Tyndale House Publishers, CC BY-SA 4.0 — all from the Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org). Rashi: the Rosenbaum & Silbermann Pentateuch (public domain) and the Judaica Press and Metsudah Tanakh (CC BY), via Sefaria. Spurgeon's Treasury of David: public domain (lyteword's markdown edition, CC0).

Dictionary and topics

Church · HOUSE OF GOD — HOUSE OF GOD
Church And State · .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion — .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion
Idolatry · Adopted by the wicked kings — Adopted by the wicked kings
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh — Who reigned over Judah: Manasseh
Temple, The First · Historical notices of: Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt — Historical notices of: Pillaged by Shishak king of Egypt

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).