2 Chronicles 33:11 “So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king o…”

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Therefore the LORD brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

American Standard Version

Wherefore Jehovah brought upon 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore the Lord brought vpon them the captaines of the hoste of the King of Asshur, which tooke Manasseh and put him in fetters, and bound him in chaines, and caryed him to Babel.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon.

Bible in Basic English

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3327. B.C. 677. the Lord”

Deuteronomy 28:36 Job 36:8

Deuteronomy 28:36 · BSB

The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

Job 36:8 · BSB

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

“the captains”

Isaiah 10:8 Isaiah 36:9

Isaiah 10:8 · BSB

“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

Isaiah 36:9 · BSB

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

“of the king”

Nehemiah 9:32 Nehemiah 9:37 Isaiah 5:26–30 Isaiah 7:18–20

Nehemiah 9:32 · BSB

So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors a…

Nehemiah 9:37 · BSB

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

Isaiah 5:26–30 · BSB

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Isaiah 7:18–20 · BSB

On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

“among the thorns”

1 Samuel 13:6 Lamentations 3:7

1 Samuel 13:6 · BSB

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

Lamentations 3:7 · BSB

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

“bound him”

2 Kings 23:33 2 Kings 25:6 Job 36:8–11 Psalm 107:10–14

2 Kings 23:33 · BSB

And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Kings 25:6 · BSB

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

Job 36:8–11 · BSB

And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

Psalm 107:10–14 · BSB

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

Also

2 Chronicles 36:6

2 Chronicles 36:6 · BSB

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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