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2 Chronicles 33:13

and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
2 Chronicles 33:13 · New King James Version
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  • WEB He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.
  • KJV And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
  • BSB And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  • NASB When he prayed to Him, He was moved by him and heard his pleading, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord alone is God.
  • NLT And when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and was moved by his request. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord alone is God!

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Quick answer

God hears Manasseh's plea, restores him to his kingdom in Jerusalem, and Manasseh comes to know that Yahweh is God. Sincere repentance meets with God's restoring grace.

Overview

The Lord is 'entreated' by him, accepting his prayer and returning him to his throne. The result is true knowledge: 'Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.' This restoration foreshadows the gospel pattern in which God receives the penitent and grants saving knowledge of Himself through Christ (cf. Luke 15; 1 Timothy 1:15-16).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 24

  • 1 Chr 5:20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was answered them, because they put their trust in him.
  • Jer 29:12–13You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
  • Ezra 8:23So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he granted our request.
  • Dan 4:25that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
  • Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Matt 7:7–8“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
  • Jer 24:7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
  • Ps 86:5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
  • Dan 4:34–35At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
  • Prov 21:1The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
  • Isa 55:6–9Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
  • Luke 23:42–43He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
  • Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Ps 32:3–5When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
  • Ps 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
  • Deut 29:6You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
  • Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
  • John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 8:11They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all will know me, from their least to their greatest.
  • Job 22:27You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
  • Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
  • Job 33:16–30Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
  • John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

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