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Hardship Can Lead to Repentance
Commentators highlight that it was "when he was in distress" that Manasseh finally sought God. His imprisonment, which ancient sources describe as severe, stripped away his power and forced him to reflect. This shows how God can use affliction as a powerful catalyst to bring about repentance and draw a person back to Himself.
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2 Chronicles
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 33:12
19th Century
Bishop
When he was in affliction. —See this phrase in 2 Chronicles 28:22.
He besought. —Literally,
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Chronicles 33:12–13
19th Century
Preacher
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed unto him: an…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 33:12
17th Century
Pastor
And when he was in affliction
In prison; however, in fetters; according to the Targum, the Chaldeans made an instrum…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 33:1–20
17th Century
Minister
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…