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Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 33:20

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, & they buried him in his owne house: and Amon his sonne reigned in his stead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Manasseh;   Thompson Chain Reference - Burying Places;   Dead, the;   Manasseh;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Manasseh, king of judah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amon;   Manasseh;   Samuel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amon (2);   Burial;   Manasseh (2);   Tombs;   Uzza, the Garden of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Jacob;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Manasseh;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Manasseh (3);   Uzza;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amon, King of Judah;   Ancestor Worship;   Chronicles, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Manasseh rested with his fathers, and he was buried in his own house. His son Amon became king in his place.
Hebrew Names Version
So Menashsheh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
King James Version
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
English Standard Version
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.
New Century Version
Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then Manasseh's son Amon became king in his place.
New English Translation
Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.
Amplified Bible
So Manasseh slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him in [the garden of] his own house. And his son Amon became king in his place.
New American Standard Bible
So Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon became king in his place.
World English Bible
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his place.
Berean Standard Bible
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon became king in his place.
Contemporary English Version
Manasseh died and was buried near the palace, and his son Amon became king.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then M'nasheh slept with his ancestors and was buried at his own house, and Amon his son took his place as king.
Darby Translation
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Manasseh died and was buried with his ancestors. The people buried Manasseh in his own palace. Manasseh's son Amon became the new king in his place.
George Lamsa Translation
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house, in the garden of the treasury; and Arnon his son reigned in his stead.
Good News Translation
Manasseh died and was buried at the palace, and his son Amon succeeded him as king.
Lexham English Bible
And Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in his house. And Amon his son became king in his place.
Literal Translation
And Manasseh lay with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Manasses fell on slepe with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his sonne was kynge in his steade.
American Standard Version
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Bible in Basic English
So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Manasse slept with his fathers, & they buried him in his owne house, and Amon his sonne raigned in his roome.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
King James Version (1611)
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his owne house: and Amon his sonne reigned in his stead.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Manasses slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden of his house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
English Revised Version
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Manasses slepte with hise fadris, and thei birieden hym in his hows; and Amon, his sone, regnyde for hym.
Update Bible Version
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
New King James Version
So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.
New Living Translation
When Manasseh died, he was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the next king.
New Life Bible
So Manasseh died and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon became king in his place.
New Revised Standard
So Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in his house. His son Amon succeeded him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden off his own house, - and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Manasses slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house: and his son Amon reigned in his stead.
Revised Standard Version
So Manas'seh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Young's Literal Translation
And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in his own house, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead.
THE MESSAGE
When Manasseh died, they buried him in the palace garden. His son Amon was the next king.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his place.

Contextual Overview

11 Wherefore the Lorde brought vpon them the captaines of the hoste of the King of Asshur, which tooke Manasseh and put him in fetters, & bound him in chaines, & caryed him to Babel. 12 And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lorde his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 And prayed vnto him: and God was entreated of him, and heard his prayer, and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome: then Manasseh knewe that the Lorde was God. 14 Nowe after this he built a wall without the citie of Dauid, on the Westside of Gihon in the valley, euen at the entrie of the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it very hie, and put captaines of warre in all the strong cities of Iudah. 15 And he tooke away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, & all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lorde, and in Ierusalem, and cast them out of the citie. 16 Also he prepared the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings, and of thankes, & commanded Iudah to serue the Lord God of Israel. 17 Neuerthelesse the people did sacrifice stil in the hie places, but vnto the Lorde their God. 18 Concerning the rest of the actes of Manasseh, & his prayer vnto his God, & the words of the Seers, that spake to him in ye Name of the Lord God of Israel, beholde, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel. 19 And his prayer and how God was intreated of him, and all his sinne, and his trespasse, and the places wherein he built hie places, and set groues and images (before he was humbled) behold, they are written in the booke of the Seers. 20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, & they buried him in his owne house: and Amon his sonne reigned in his stead.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Manasseh: 2 Chronicles 32:33, 2 Kings 21:18

Amon: 2 Kings 21:19-25, 1 Chronicles 3:14, Matthew 1:10

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:1 - in his house 1 Kings 2:34 - buried 2 Kings 14:20 - he was buried 2 Chronicles 26:23 - they buried him 2 Chronicles 28:27 - they brought

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord & tooke of euery cleane beast, & of euery cleane foule, and offered burnt offerings vpon the altar.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.
Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of ye Lord, the euerlasting God.
Genesis 32:28
Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power wt God, thou shalt also preuaile wt men.
Genesis 33:7
Leah also with her children came nere and made obeysance: and after Ioseph & Rahel drew neere, and did reuerence.
Genesis 33:8
Then he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? Who answered, I haue sent it, that I may finde fauour in the sight of my lorde:
Genesis 35:7
And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 20-25. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house,.... That is, in the garden of his house,

:-; there; to which may be added, that the Jews s in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks t and Romans u, to bury the dead in their own houses; hence sprung the worship of the Lares and Penates, the household gods: from hence to the end of the chapter is the same with

2 Kings 21:18.

2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- : 2 Kings 21:18- :

s Cippi Heb. p. 43. t Plato in Minoe. u Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 5. "praeterea si nova", & in l. 6. "sedibus hunc refer", &c.


 
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