Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 33:20
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
20. in his own house ] i.e. as in 2 Kin. “in the garden of his own house.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In his own house, i.e. in his garden; of which See Poole “2Ki 21:18“.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20, 21. Manasseh slept with hisfathers . . . Amon began to reign(See on 2Ki21:19).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ver. 20-25. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house,…. That is, in the garden of his house,
[See comments on 2Ki 21:18]; there; to which may be added, that the Jews s in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks t and Romans u, to bury the dead in their own houses; hence sprung the worship of the Lares and Penates, the household gods: from hence to the end of the chapter is the same with
2Ki 21:18.
[See comments on 2Ki 21:18] [See comments on 2Ki 21:19] [See comments on 2Ki 21:20] [See comments on 2Ki 21:21] [See comments on 2Ki 21:22] [See comments on 2Ki 21:23] [See comments on 2Ki 21:24] [See comments on 2Ki 21:25] [See comments on 2Ki 21:26]
s Cippi Heb. p. 43. t Plato in Minoe. u Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 5. “praeterea si nova”, & in l. 6. “sedibus hunc refer”, &c.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Manasseh was buried in his house, or, according to the more exact statement in 2Ki 21:18, in the garden of his house – in the garden of Uzza; see on that passage.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
16. THE REIGN OF AMON (2Ch. 33:20-25)
TEXT
2Ch. 33:20. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21. Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22. And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them. 23. And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more. 24. And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house. 25. But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
PARAPHRASE
2Ch. 33:20-21. When Manasseh died he was buried beneath his own palace, and his son Amon became the new king. Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign in Jerusalem, but he lasted for only two years. 22. It was an evil reign like the early years of his father Manasseh; for Amon sacrificed to all the idols just as his father had. 23. But he didnt change as his father did; instead he sinned more and more. 24. At last his own officers assassinated him in his palace. 25. But some public-spirited citizens killed all of those who assassinated him, and declared his son Josiah to be the new king.
COMMENTARY
Amon, Manassehs son, reigned only two years. The principal feature of his reign was the re-installation of the images and idolatries which Manasseh had brought to Jerusalem. He was a very irresponsible prince and king. A conspiracy resulting in his death cut his reign short. He made no significant contribution to the lives of his people.
Fuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
(20) In his own house.2Ki. 21:18, and he was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. The words, in the garden of, seem to have fallen out of our text. So LXX., ; Syriac, in his house, in the garden of treasure.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
The Reign of Amon
v. 20. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house, v. 21. Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. v. 22. But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh, his father; for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh, his father, had made, and served them, v. 23. and humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, had humbled himself, v. 24. And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house, v. 25. But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon,
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
2Ch 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 20. And they buried him in his own house. ] See on 2Ki 21:18 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
slept with his fathers. See note on Deu 31:16.
in his own house. The Septuagint reads “in the garden of his own house”. Compare 2Ki 21:18.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Manasseh: 2Ch 32:33, 2Ki 21:18
Amon: 2Ki 21:19-25, 1Ch 3:14, Mat 1:10
Reciprocal: 1Sa 25:1 – in his house 1Ki 2:34 – buried 2Ki 14:20 – he was buried 2Ch 26:23 – they buried him 2Ch 28:27 – they brought
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A ROYAL TRIO
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead, etc.
2Ch 33:20-25
Notice the chief lessons which lie in the life of these three kings.
I. Manasseh.There is no limit to the mercy of God. Sinners the chief are welcome to complete forgiveness. If only great saints got into heaven, we who are great sinners would lose hope. But when we see Manasseh and men like him going in and getting welcome, there is hope for us. If we follow their steps in repentance, we shall be permitted to join their company in rest.
II. Amon.Beware of turning the riches of Gods grace into a snare. As Manassehs case is recorded in the Bible that an aged sinner desiring to turn may not be cast into despair, Amons case is recorded beside it that the young may not delay an hour, lest they perish for ever.
III. None of us will be saved or lost in consequence of anything in our parents.Amon saw his father born again when he was old, but the son did not inherit his fathers goodness. Josiah was the child of an ungodly parent, and yet he became a godly child. These two lessons are plainly written in the history, the one to make the presumptuous humble, the other to give the despairing hope: (1) a Christian father cannot secure the safety of an unbelieving son, and (2) an unbelieving father cannot drag down a child in his fall if that child follows the Lord.
Illustrations
(1) Manasseh is the prodigal son of the Old Testament. He left his fathers house and went into a far country, where he wasted his substance in evil ways. At last in his distress he came to himself, saw what a fool he was, how he had sinned against God, and then crept back to his fathers feet with tears and penitence. This is the only way of hope when one has departed from God. The God of heaven can be found by any one who is living in sin, however far down the grade he has gone, but in all the world the only road that leads to this is the road of penitence. Manasseh was forgivenany sinner will be forgiven if he truly turns to God.
(2) It is pathetic to see one part of a life devoted to undoing, or trying to undo, what the other part had done. How much better it is to begin right and give ones whole life to the things which are right and worthy! Penitence is better than sin, but innocence and holiness are far better than penitence. The story of Manasseh does not stand on the page in any sense as an example, but rather as a beacon, to warn young men everywhere not to depart from God.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
2Ch 33:20. And they buried him in his own house Not in the sepulchres of the kings. He was buried privately, and nothing of that honour was done him, at his death, that was done to his father. Penitents may recover their comfort sooner than their credit.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own {k} house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
(k) Because he had so horribly offended against the Lord, they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings, but in the garden of the king’s house.