And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
Parallel translations
- WEB He didn’t humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
- KJV And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
- BSB but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
- NASB Furthermore, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied his guilt.
- NLT But unlike his father, he did not humble himself before the Lord. Instead, Amon sinned even more.
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Quick answer
Unlike the humbled Manasseh, Amon refuses to humble himself before the Lord and sins more and more. He hardened himself against the very repentance that had saved his father.
Overview
The Chronicler pointedly contrasts Amon with the repentant Manasseh: Amon 'didn't humble himself.' His escalating trespass reveals an unrepentant heart that piles guilt upon guilt. The verse warns that refusing to humble oneself before God leads only to deeper ruin (cf. Proverbs 29:1).
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- 2 Chr 33:12When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chr 33:19His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherah poles and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
- Jer 7:26yet they didn’t listen to me, nor did they incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.
- 2 Tim 3:13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- 2 Chr 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 28:22In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
- Jer 8:12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
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