2 Chronicles 33:23

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 33:23 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And he did not humble himself from before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father humbled himself, for this Amon multiplied guilt.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.

  • World English Bible Public Domain
    He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And he humbled not him selfe before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himselfe: but this Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasses his father had humbled himself, but committed far greater sins.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and hath not been humbled before Jehovah, like the humbling of Manasseh his father, for Amon himself hath multiplied guilt.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and has not been humbled before YHWH, like the humbling of his father Manasseh, for Amon himself has multiplied guilt.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    He did not humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had done. Instead, this same Amon trespassed more and more.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And he did not humble himself from before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father humbled himself, for this Amon multiplied guilt.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And he did not humble himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; for he, Amon, multiplied trespass.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    He didn’t humble himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    However, he did not admit his pride before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done—in fact Amon made his guilt even worse.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon became guilty more and more.

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אָמ֖וֹן
ʼÂmôwn
H526
“Amon”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: the same as H525

TWOT: None

Amon = "skilled workman" or " master workman" - a king of Judah, son of Manasseh - a governor of Samaria - a descendant of a servant of Solomon
  1. וְלֹ֤א lôʼ H3808 “and · not” Conjunction + Particle, Negative
  2. נִכְנַע֙ kânaʻ H3665 “to humble” Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. מִלִּפְנֵ֣י pânîym H6440 “from · to/for · face(s) of” Preposition + Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct
  4. יְהוָ֔ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  5. כְּהִכָּנַ֖ע kânaʻ H3665 “like/as · to humble” Preposition + Verb, Niphal, Infinitive Construct
  6. מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה Mᵉnashsheh H4519 “Manasseh” Noun, Proper
  7. אָבִ֑יו ʼâb H1 “father · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  8. כִּ֛י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  9. ה֥וּא hûwʼ H1931 “he” Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. הִרְבָּ֥ה râbâh H7235 “to multiply” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  11. אַשְׁמָֽה ʼashmâh H819 “guilt” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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12
words
11
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is אָמ֖וֹן Amon H526 — appearing just 17 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אָמ֖וֹן Amon H526 occurs in 17 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 6 nouns
  • 1 pronoun
  • 1 conjunction
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • נִכְנַע֙ Niphal · Perfect
  • כְּהִכָּנַ֖ע Niphal · Infinitive Construct
  • הִרְבָּ֥ה Hiphil · Perfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • נִכְנַע֙ to humble H3665 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 21 words from the Hebrew and 21 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 12 Hebrew tokens and 17 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 33:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12 When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the engraved images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:22 In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
  • Jeremiah 7:26 yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
  • Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
  • 2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 33:23 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְלֹ֤א נִכְנַע֙ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה כְּהִכָּנַ֖ע מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה אָבִ֑יו כִּ֛י ה֥וּא אָמ֖וֹן הִרְבָּ֥ה אַשְׁמָֽה

He didn't humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 33:23 Septuagint · lemma form

καί οὐ ταπεινόω ἐναντίον κύριος ὡς ταπεινόω μανασσής ὁ πατήρ αὐτός ὅτι υἱός αὐτός αμων πληθύνω πλημμέλεια

And he was not humbled before the Lord as his father Manasses was humbled; for his son Amon abounded in transgression.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 33:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

Ver. 23. But Amon trespassed more and more.] Heb., He multiplied trespass; adding rebellion to sin, he died in it.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph S. Exell

2Ch_33:23

But Amon transgressed more and more.

Consolidation in the forces of evil

It is wonderful what evil can be done with a profession of religion. Amen was sacrificing unto all the carved images; he was so religious as to be irreligious; he reached the point of exaggeration, and that point is blasphemy. When there is mere ignorance, God in His lovingkindness and tender mercy often closes His eyes as if He could not see what is being done: but when it is not ignorance but violence, determination, real obstinacy in the way of evil, and utter recklessness as to what it may cost--what if God should be compelled to open His eyes, and look the evil man full in the face, and condemn him by silent observation? It is wonderful, too, how much evil can be done in a little time. Nothing is so easy as evil. A man could almost fell a forest before he could grow one tree. Every blow tells: every bad word becomes a great blot: there is an infinite contagion in evil; it affects every one, it poisons quickly, it makes a harvest in the night-time. To do good how much time is required! How few people will believe that we are doing good! We have to encounter suspicion, criticism, distrust; men say, We must wait to see the end; we cannot believe in the possibility of all this earnestness and sacrifice; they ask questions about its possible permanence; even good men are apt to hinder other good men in endeavouring to do good. But evil has no such disadvantages to contend with. There is a consolidation in the forces of evil that is not known among the forces of good. It would seem as if the poets description were right--Devil with devil damned, firm concord holds. It may be that in that energetic expression Milton has stated the reality of the case. (J. Parker, D.D.)

The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 33:23. And humbled not himself &c. — He fell, like his father, but did not rise again like him. It is not so much sin, as impenitence in sin, that ruins men; not so much that they have offended, as that they do not humble themselves for, and forsake their offences; not the disease, but the neglect of the remedy. But Amon trespassed more and more — Increased in wickedness of every kind, and especially in his attachment to various and abominable idolatries. They that were joined to idols, generally grew more and more mad upon them.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 23. Trespassed more and more.] He appears to have exceeded his father, and would take no warning.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(23) And humbled not himself . . . more and more.—This verse is added by the chronicler.

But Amon trespassed more and more.—Literally, for he, Amon, multiplied trespass.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

23. and humbled] R.V. And he humbled. This ver. is not in 2 Kin.

but Amon] R.V. but this same Amon; cp. 2Ch_28:12 (note).

trespassed] Render, became guilty (so R.V. mg.); cp. 2Ch_19:10; 2Ch_24:18; 2Ch_28:10; 2Ch_28:13.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Sins, inasmuch as he died in his guilt. Prot. "but Amon trespassed more and more," (H.) following the former bad example of Manasses, Jeremias xv. D.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 12 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼÂmôwn (“Amon”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “Amon” (ʼÂmôwn) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does 1 Kings 22:26, which shares the word «Amon», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “to humble” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «נִכְנַע֙» is a Niphal Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and The Biblical Illustrator read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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