2 Chronicles 33:11-14

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 pain² Manasseh³ asked the Lord his God for mercy⁴ and truly⁵ humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.⁶ 33:13 When he prayed to the Lord,⁷ the Lord⁸ responded to him⁹ and answered favorably¹⁰ his cry for mercy. The Lord¹¹ brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

33:14 After this Manasseh¹² built up the outer wall of the City of David¹³ on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

¹tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”

²tn Or “distress.”

³tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord his God.”

⁵tn Or “greatly.”

⁶tn Heb “fathers.”

⁷tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

¹⁰tn Heb “heard.”

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.