Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
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Gill's Exposition
Manasseh was twelve years old,.... From hence to the end of Ch2 33:9 the same things are recorded, almost word for word, as in Kg2 21:1, see the notes there. See Gill on Kg2 21:1.
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2 Chronicles…
Barnes' Notes
Compare references and notes. The author of Chronicles differs chiefly from Kings in additions (see the 2Ki 21:17 note). The central part of this chapter (2Ch 33:11-19) is almost entirely new matter.
Adam Clarke
Manasseh was twelve years old - We do not find that he had any godly director; his youth was therefore the more easily seduced. But surely he had a pious education; how then could the principles of it…
We have here an account of the great wickedness of Manasseh. It is the same almost word for word with that which we had Kg2 21:1-9, and took a melancholy view of. It is no such pleasing subject that…
Cambridge Bible
2Ch 33:1-10 (Cp. 2Ki 21:1-16). Manasseh's Reign. His Apostasy
1. in Jerusalem The Chronicler omits here the name of Manasseh's mother, Hephzi-bah.
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