2 Chronicles 33:14

Contextual Overview

¹¹So he brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. ¹¹ Therefore the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Ashshur, who took Menashsheh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bavel. ¹¹ Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. ¹¹ Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. ¹¹ So the Lord brought the king of Assyria's army commanders to attack Judah. They captured Manasseh, put hooks in him, placed bronze chains on his hands, and took him to Babylon. ¹¹ So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. ¹¹So the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon. ¹¹ Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains, and led him to Babylon. ¹¹ Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 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.

Bible Verse Review
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he built: 2 Chronicles 32:5

Gihon: 2 Chronicles 32:30, 1 Kings 1:33, 1 Kings 1:45

fish gate: Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 12:39, Zephaniah 1:10

Ophel: or, the tower, 2 Chronicles 27:3, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 3:27

put: 2 Chronicles 11:11, 2 Chronicles 11:12, 2 Chronicles 17:19

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 21:20 - the defenced

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
Ya`akov sent messengers in front of him to Esav, his brother, to the land of Se`ir, the field of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, to the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
Jacob's brother Esau was living in the area called Seir in the country of Edom. Jacob sent messengers to Esau,

Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of himself to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:

Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers on ahead to Esau, who lived in the land of Seir, also known as Edom.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David,.... Which perhaps had been broken down by the Assyrian army, when it came and took him; Vitringa l thinks this is the wall of the pool of Siloah, Nehemiah 3:15 which seems to be the first and oldest wall, as Josephus m; for that turning to the north bent towards the pool of Siloam; an Arabic writer n calls it the southern wall:

on the west side of Gihon; on the west side of the city, towards Gihon; for that was to the west of it, 2 Chronicles 32:30,

in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate; through which the fish were brought from Joppa, and where, according to the Targum, they were sold:

and compassed about Ophel; the eastern part of Mount Zion; some say it was the holy of holies, 2 Chronicles 27:3,

and raised it up a very great height; built the wall very high there:

and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah; this he did to put his kingdom in a posture of defence, should it be attacked by the Assyrian army again.

l Comment. in Jesaiam, c. 22. 9. m De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 9. n Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west of Gihon-in-the-valley.” The wall intended seems to have been that toward the northeast, which ran from the vicinity of the modern Damascus gate across the valley of Gihon, to the “fish-gate” at the northeast corner of the “city of David.”

We may gather from this verse that, late in his reign, Manasseh revolted from the Assyrians, and made preparations to resist them if they should attack him. Assyria began to decline in power about 647 B.C., and from that time her outlying provinces would naturally begin to fall off. Manasseh reigned until 642 B.C.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 33:14. He built a wall — This was probably a weak place that he fortified; or a part of the wall which the Assyrians had broken down, which he now rebuilt.