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He did notוְלֹאhumble himselfנִכְנַעbeforeמִלִּפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהasכְּManassehמְנַשֶּׁהhis fatherאָבִיוhad humbled himself;הִכָּנַעbutכִּיhe,הוּאAmon,אָמוֹןmultipliedהִרְבָּהguilt.אַשְׁמָה
2 Chronicles 33:23
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2 Chronicles 33:23, word by word
- humble himselfנִכְנַעnichna
humble oneself
To bow low before God, admitting guilt.
Where else “nichna” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- Amonאָמוֹןamon
Amon
Amon: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "craftsman, skilled." It is borne by the governor of the city of Samaria (1 Kings 22:26), by a king of Judah (2 Kings 21:19) and by another man (Nehemiah 7:59). It is not the people of Ammon, which is spelled differently in Hebrew.
Where else “amon” appears- multipliedהִרְבָּהhirba
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirba” appears- guiltאַשְׁמָהashma
guilt
Guilt: the responsibility that remains for having done wrong; also an offense.
Where else “ashma” appears
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2 Chronicles 33:21-25
21Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, as Manasseh his father had done; and to all the carved images that Manasseh his father had made Amon sacrificed, and he served them. 23He did not humble himself before YHWH, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but he, Amon, multiplied guilt. 24His servants conspired against him and put him to death in his house. 25But the people of the land struck all who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made king Josiah his son in his place.
19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, as Manasseh his father had done. 21He walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and bowed down to them. 22He abandoned YHWH, the Elohim of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of YHWH. 23The servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house. 24But the people of the land struck all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made king Josiah his son in his place. 25The rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26They buried him in his grave in the garden of Uzzah; and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
The context
22He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, as Manasseh his father had done; and to all the carved images that Manasseh his father had made Amon sacrificed, and he served them.
23 · This verse (above)
24His servants conspired against him and put him to death in his house.