Discovery Box2 Chronicles 33:11-14 
Context33:11 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 33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, 7 the Lord 8 responded to him 9 and answered favorably 10 his cry for mercy. The Lord 11 brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.
33:14 After this Manasseh 12 built up the outer wall of the City of David 13 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.
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
5 tn Or “greatly.”
6 tn Heb “fathers.”
7 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
9 tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”
10 tn Heb “heard.”
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
