2 Chronicles 33:12-13

33:12 In his pain¹ Manasseh² asked the Lord his God for mercy³ and truly⁴ humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.⁵ 33:13 When he prayed to the Lord,⁶ the Lord⁷ responded to him⁸ and answered favorably⁹ his cry for mercy. The Lord¹⁰ brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

2 Chronicles 33:18-19

33:18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets¹¹ spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded¹² in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 33:19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself.¹³

¹tn Or “distress.”

²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord his God.”

⁴tn Or “greatly.”

⁵tn Heb “fathers.”

⁶tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

⁸tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

⁹tn Heb “heard.”

¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹tn Or “seers.”

¹²tn Heb “look, they are.”

¹³tn Heb “and his prayer and being entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness and the places where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself – behold, they are written on the words of his seers.”