2 Chronicles 33:7 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Manasseh even took a carved idol he had made and set it up in God’s Temple, the very place where God had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The idol—that is, the Asherah (see the note on 2 Kings 21:7), which receives here (and in Ezekiel 8:3, 8:5) the somewhat unusual…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And he set ... had made. — And he set the carven image of the idol which he had made. “…

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

He wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:7)

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and it is a memorable instance of the riches of God's pardoning mercy and the powe…