2 Chronicles 33 in the early church
[LXX: 2 Paralipomenon; Vulgate: 2 Paralipomenon]
25 passages quote, allude to, or echo 2 Chronicles 33, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 3 · 9 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 18 · 19 · 21
2 Chronicles 33:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:1 | Didascalia 2.22 (Latin) · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | first half of the third century |
| 2 Chr 33:1–9 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.22.0 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
2 Chronicles 33:3
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:3–6 | Homilies on Numbers 16.7 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
2 Chronicles 33:9
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:9 | Didascalia 2.22 (Latin) · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | first half of the third century |
2 Chronicles 33:11
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:11–13 | Fragment 40 · Julius Africanus | allusion, medium confidence | after 221 |
| 2 Chr 33:11–13 | Catechetical Lecture 2.13 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| 2 Chr 33:11–13 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.22.1 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Chr 33:11–13 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.3 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Chr 33:11–13 | Against Jovinianus 2.4 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| 2 Chr 33:11–13 | Commentary on Jeremiah 3.45 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
2 Chronicles 33:12
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:12–13 | Letter 143 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–390 |
| 2 Chr 33:12–13 | Oration 13.1 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Chr 33:12 | Oration 19.8 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Chr 33:12 | Oration 39.16 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| 2 Chr 33:12 | Letter 77.4 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 2 Chr 33:12 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.7.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| 2 Chr 33:12 | Homilies on Matthew 22.3 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
2 Chronicles 33:13
And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:13 | Didascalia 2.23 (Latin) · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | first half of the third century |
| 2 Chr 33:13 | Letter 77.4 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| 2 Chr 33:13 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 59.7.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| 2 Chr 33:13–20 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.22.3 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| 2 Chr 33:13 | Homilies on Matthew 67.4 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
2 Chronicles 33:18
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:18 | Eleven Tractates 3.66 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
2 Chronicles 33:19
His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:19 | Eleven Tractates 3.66 · Priscillian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380–385 |
2 Chronicles 33:21
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chr 33:21–24 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.23.4 · Anonymous | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 380 |