2 Chronicles 33:11-12
33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, 1 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
33:12 In his pain 2 Manasseh 3 asked the Lord his God for mercy 4 and truly 5 humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 6
1 tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”
2 tn Or “distress.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord his God.”
5 tn Or “greatly.”
6 tn Heb “fathers.”