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Leon Morris · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Morris - Manasseh's repentance and attempted restoration of true religion, while it may have resulted in his own personal salvation, was too little and too late as far as the people as a whole were concerned. His son Amon led them right back into paganism and even the later revivals sponsored by Josiah could not permanently bring the people back to God.
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Morris - This valley had been so identified since at least the time of Joshua (Joshua 15:8), and it is probable that the original "son of Hinnom" was a Jebusite who offered his valley for the pagan sacrificial rituals of the Canaanites (see note on 2 Chronicles 28:3). wrought much evil. Manasseh departed so far from the godly practices of his father, entering deeply into every form of Satanic doctrine and practice and leading his people to participate in them (even "worse than the heathen" 2 Chronicles 33:9), that the only divine remedy was eventual judgment and exile (2 Kings 21:12-16).
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Morris says "too little, too late" for the nation of Judah. Entreated means that he earnestly sought the Lord’s favor, praying with desperation and sincerity, acknowledging his guilt and pleading for mercy. The phrase humbled himself greatly affirms his repentance was genuine. Note the spiritual dynamic is first the LORD humbled Manasseh and only then the Manasseh humble himself. The sequence is important: God’s humbling providence produced the conditions in which true humility could finally emerge in Manasseh’s heart. This pattern is seen throughout Scripture. God often resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5), and when pride refuses to bow voluntarily, the Lord may intervene through discipline so that the sinner might come to repentance (Hebrews 12:6, 10–11). Manasseh’s story therefore illustrates a profound spiritual reality: sometimes God must first humble us externally through circumstances before we are willing to humble ourselves internally before Him. True repentance is a work of God in the heart and a willing response of the heart to the Lord. --Warren Wiersbe Manasseh's response recalls other passages... 2 Chr 7:14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. COMMENT - As far as we can tell from the text the only one who repented was Manasseh and not all of Judah and thus the healing was only personal for the king and not the nation. Ps 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise It is interesting to compare Manasseh response with that of Ahab when confronted by Elijah... 1 Kings 21:27-29+ It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. 28 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s days.” COMMENT: While Ahab humbled himself there is no evidence of the fruit of reformation in Ahab's reign as there was with Manasseh. So this raises the question can one humble themselves without truly repenting? One is reminded of Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 7:10+ For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death." The point is that it is possible for someone to appear humble—to show remorse, sorrow, or even self-abasement—without genuinely repenting before God. True humility, in the biblical sense, is inseparable from repentance because both involve a right understanding of who God is and who we are in relation to Him. The story of King Ahab illustrates this distinction. On thinks of Joel's distinction between external and internal writing "And rend your heart and not your garments.” Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness And relenting of evil." (Joel 2:13) It therefore appears that while God noticed Ahab's humility prompting him to delay judgment, Ahab’s heart never truly turned from sin. His humility was temporary and superficial, not the fruit of repentance. True humility turns from wickedness (2Ch 7:14)
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Morris - book of the kings of Israel. The account of Manasseh in the canonical book of Kings does not mention such a prayer (2 Kings 21:1-18), so the nature of this apparently lost book of the kings of Israel is not known. An apocryphal book known as "The Prayer of Manasseh" may reflect the material in this missing book to some degree.