Text: 2 Chronicles 33:21
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 21:3
Subject: revival of Manasseh's cultic rebellion
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In 2 Kings 21:3, Manasseh rebuilds the high places Hezekiah had destroyed, erects altars to Baal, makes an Asherah pole, and worships "all the host of heaven" (כָּל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם, kol tseva' hashamayim). The connection to 2 Chronicles 33:21 introduces his son Amon, who continued the same cultic practices. The Chronicler adds the crucial distinction that while Manasseh eventually repented (2 Chr 33:12-13), Amon "did not humble himself before the LORD" — indicating that the revival of Manasseh's pre-repentance cultic rebellion by his son Amon represented a willful rejection of the very reform Manasseh had begun after his restoration.