2 Tawarikh 33:10-13

33:10 The Lord confronted ¹  Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, ²  bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. 33:12 In his pain ³  Manasseh ⁴  asked the Lord his God for mercy ⁵  and truly ⁶  humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. ⁷  33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, ⁸  the Lord ⁹  responded to him ¹⁰  and answered favorably ¹¹  his cry for mercy. The Lord ¹²  brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

[33:10]  ¹ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[33:11]  ² tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”

[33:12]  ³ tn Or “distress.”

[33:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord his God.”

[33:12]  ⁶ tn Or “greatly.”

[33:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers.”

[33:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

[33:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “heard.”

[33:13]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.