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He took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahweh, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the house of Yahweh, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
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Repentance Proven by Action
Commentators like John Gill and Matthew Henry explain that Manasseh's removal of idols was the necessary outward proof of his inward transformation. His actions demonstrated the sincerity of his repentance and his genuine abhorrence of the sin he once embraced. This shows that true repentance changes not just our hearts, but also our actions.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
MANASSEH’S CAPTIVITY AND REPENTANCE—HIS RESTORATION AND REFORMS (2 Chronicles 33:11–17).
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Baptist
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord Which he had set there, ([Reference 2 Chroni…
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Presbyterian
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…
