12In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.


In Context

9 But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

11 So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

13 And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

14 Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

2nd Chronicles 33:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:12And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he was in distress, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:12When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:12And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,