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2 Chronicles 33:20

33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. the seers: or, Hosai
So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his place.

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. ¶

33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 33:20 mean?

2 Chronicles 33:20 is a verse in the book of 2 Chronicles, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מְנַשֶּׁה (Mᵉnashsheh), שָׁכַב (shâkab), אָב (ʼâb). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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ManassehמְנַשֶּׁהMᵉnashsheh/men-ash-sheh'/H4519Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
sleptשָׁכַבshâkab/shaw-kab'/H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
with
his
fathers,אָבʼâb/awb/H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
and
they
buriedקָבַרqâbar/kaw-bar'/H6912to inter
him
in
his
own
house:בַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and
AmonאָמוֹןʼÂmôwn/aw-mone'/H526Amon, the name of three Israelites
his
sonבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
reignedמָלַךְmâlak/maw-lak'/H4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
in
his
stead.

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:20

HENRY_FULL · 2 Chronicles 33:20
Here is a very short account of the reign of Jotham, a pious prosperous prince, of whom one would wish to have known more: but we may better dispense with the brevity of his story because that which lengthened the history of the last three kings was their degeneracy in their latter end, of which we have had a faithful account; but there was no occasion for such a melancholy conclusion of the history of this reign, which is only an account, I. Of the date and continuance of this reign, ver. 1 , 8 . II. The general good character of it, ver. 2 , 6 . III. The prosperity of it, ver. 3-5 . IV. The period of it, ver. 7 , 9 . The Reign of Jotham. (

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Genesis 10:21

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Genesis 12:1

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

Genesis 15:15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 19:32

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 19:33

And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Genesis 19:34

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 19:35

And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

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What does 2 Chronicles 33:20 say?

2 Chronicles 33:20 (King James Version) reads: "So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead."

Is 2 Chronicles 33:20 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Chronicles 33:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Chronicles.

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