12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. …
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-20)We have seen Manasseh by his wickedness undoing the good that his father had done; here we have him by repentance undoing the evil that he himself had done. It is strange that this was not so much as mentioned in the book of Kings , nor does any thing appear there to the contrary but that he persisted and perished in his son. But perhaps the reason was because the design of that history was to sho…
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