Study
19 From the Book of 2 Chronicles is: 2
Chronicles 33
1- Make a list
of Manasseh’s idolatrous deeds, as described in verses 3-9. It has been termed
‘a very delirum of Idolatry’ and was done in the face of protest and rebuke
(verses 10, 18).
2- What means
did God use to bring Manasseh to his senses? And what may we learn from this as
to one of the purposes of human sufferings?
3- What marks
of true repentance are seen in Manasseh after his restoration? In what ways
could it have gone further?
Notes
1- Verse 6. A
reference to human sacrifice in honour of the god Molech. Cf. 2 Ki. 23:10; Je.
7:31.
2- Verse 14.
‘Ophel’: a mound south of the Temple. Cf. 27:3.
