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Here, we will be focusing (again!) on something that is glaring on account of its absence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

King Manasseh was wicked: \u201cHe did what was displeasing to the LORD, following the abhorrent practices of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites\u201d (2). In spite of this, his reign lasted 55 years, longer than that of any other (righteous) king. Since a principle of Jewish jurisprudence is: \u201cNo one is punished without receiving a prior warning\u201d (see Sanhedrin 56b), we are informed that \u201cThe LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not pay heed\u201d (10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Just what God said to them is omitted here, but detailed in the parallel passage in 2 Kings 21:10-16, whose consequential portion begins: \u201cAssuredly, thus said the LORD, the God of Israel: \u2018I am going to bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that both ears of everyone who hears about it will tingle\u2019\u201d (12). I would like to focus on the tingling (<\/span>titzalna<\/span><\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Derived from the verb <\/span>tz-l-l<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> to tingle or quiver, its application to the ears occurs two other times in Tanakh, each in a context like our own.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When God reveals to the young Samuel the catastrophe that is about to befall Eli and Israel, He introduces it by saying: \u201dI am going to do in Israel such a thing that both ears of anyone who hears about it will tingle\u201d (1 Samuel 3:11).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As Jeremiah is about to prophesy the imminent defeat of Judah and destruction of Jerusalem, he says: \u201cI am going to bring such disaster upon this place that the ears of all who hear about it will tingle\u201d (19:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Indeed, Rashi, on the verse in 1 Samuel, identified this root with <\/span>tzeltzelim<\/span><\/em> (cymbals) and explained it by way of the Old French <\/span>tintiner<\/span><\/em>, to ring (modern French: tinter); connected to the English word \u201ctintinnabulation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A highly original addition to this philological speculation was provided by R. Moses Ashkenazi (Italy, 19<\/span>th<\/span> century), in his commentary, <\/span>Ho\u2019il Moshe<\/span><\/em>, to 1 Samuel:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

From the verb <\/span>tz-l-l<\/span><\/em> we derive the noun <\/span>tzel<\/span><\/em> (shadow)\u2026 because someone who sits in the shade of a tree hears the branches batted against one another by the wind. It also explains \u201csinking like lead\u201d (Exodus 15:10), since something heavy makes a noise when it drops. 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In 2 Chronicles 33, we read about the deeds of King Manasseh. It seems that he adopted every evil practice and every form of idolatry. He even put an idol in the Temple itself:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHe placed a sculptured image that he made in the House of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, \u2018In this House and in Jerusalem, which I chose out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My name forever.\u2019\u201d (2 Chronicles 33:7)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, unlike in the parallel in the Book of Kings, after being taken captive by the Assyrian king, Manasseh repents and reverses his actions from the beginning of the chapter. For example, he removes that same idol he placed in the Temple:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHe removed the foreign gods and the image from the House of the LORD, as well as all the altars that he had built on the Mount of the House of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and dumped them outside the city.\u201d (2 Chronicles 33:15)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In both verses, there is an uncommon word used to describe this particular idol: <\/span>semel.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0It only appears in this chapter, and in two other locations: Deuteronomy 4:16 and Ezekiel 8:3,5. The origin of the word <\/span>semel<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is unclear. It has a parallel in Phoenician, and may also have cognates in Akkadian. In addition to \u201cimage,\u201d the word is sometimes rendered as \u201cstatue,\u201d and in all cases refers to an idol.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However in modern Hebrew, <\/span>semel<\/span><\/em>\u00a0has a different meaning: \u201csymbol.\u201d One can see how \u201cimage\u201d could become \u201clikeness\u201d and from there to \u201csymbol.\u201d And while words like \u201csymbol\u201d and \u201csimilar\u201d are unrelated to <\/span>semel<\/span><\/em>\u00a0(despite their resemblance to it), it\u2019s likely that those English words did influence the usage of <\/span>semel<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in Hebrew today.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A homograph of <\/span>semel<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in Hebrew is <\/span>samal<\/span><\/em>\u00a0meaning \u201csergeant.\u201d Some thought that it derived from <\/span>semel<\/span><\/em>, in the same way that the English word \u201censign\u201d (a parallel rank in the navy to sergeant) derives from a French word meaning \u201csymbol.\u201d But actually, <\/span>samal<\/span><\/em>\u00a0was at first an acronym: <\/span>Segen Michutz L\u2019Minyan<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 a \u201cnon-commissioned officer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The 20<\/span>th<\/span> century linguist Yechezkel Kutscher finds an important lesson here. 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The seesaw of the kings of Judah that started with Jehoshaphat continues with Manasseh. He follows in the footsteps of his grandfather Ahaz and not in the footsteps of his father Hezekiah. Like Ahaz, he sacrifices his children to Molech, he approaches soothsayers, worships the goddess Asherah, and he builds idols in the Temple and throughout Israel too.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

II Kings 21 supplies the same backstory as II Chronicles 33. Both detail the evil deeds of Manasseh and how God tried to entreat him to act faithfully, but then they diverge. II Kings 21 ends with God proclaiming that he will destroy Judah and Jerusalem for the sins of Manasseh. Then Manasseh dies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In II Chronicles 33, the divergence happens after verse 11.\u00a0 We are also told that God punishes Manasseh by letting the Babylonians capture him and bring him to Babylonia as a captive. While in captivity, Manasseh prays to God and asks for forgiveness. God hears his prayers and returns him to his throne. Upon his return to Jerusalem, Manasseh follows in the footsteps of his father, and removes the idols from the land and returns to God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is a major contrast between the two texts. Manasseh\u2019s return to God is an amazing fact this late in the game considering how we have seen previous evil kings fail to repent. Malbim even posits that Psalm 66 is the very prayer that Manessah prayed to God. The ending of Psalm 66 provides a beautiful lesson in godly redemption and forgiveness:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Come and hear, all God-fearing men, as I tell what He did for me. I called aloud to Him, glorification on my tongue. Had I an evil thought in my mind, the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen; He paid heed to my prayer. Blessed is God who has not turned away my prayer, or His faithful care from me\u201d (Psalm 66:16-20).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why would II Kings leave out this vital part of the story? The answer may lie in one verse that is missing from II Chronicles 33:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moreover, Manasseh put so many innocent persons to death that he filled Jerusalem [with blood] from end to end\u2014besides the sin he committed in causing Judah to do what was displeasing to the LORD\u201d (II Kings 21:16).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Manasseh\u2019s actions caused Judah to go astray. The author of II Kings does not care that Manasseh personally rejuvenated himself. His evil actions were so bad that they tainted the minds of the people. II Chronicles, on the other hand, is interested in that personal redemption because it buttresses the Davidic line. The King himself started bad, but he redeemed himself and even attempted to fix things in Jerusalem. The II Chronicles story is about kings; wWhile II Kings is the story of the people, and their sad march towards destruction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"Nor will I remove again the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have assigned to your fathers \u2026. \"<\/em> (33:8)<\/p>\r\n

This Land is not
\r\nOnly a collection of rock and sand.
\r\nTouch:
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\r\nAs child is to hope,
\r\nAs eyes to dream.<\/p>\r\n

This Land is not
\r\nOnly a collection of deserts and mountains.
\r\nBreathe:
\r\nThis Land is to love
\r\nAs wife is to kiss,
\r\nAs husband to caress.<\/p>\r\n

This Land is not
\r\nOnly a collection of vineyards and orchards.
\r\nEmbrace:
\r\nThis Land is to Redemption
\r\nAs altar is to temple,
\r\nAs crown is to king.<\/p>\r\n

If only we are worthy enough
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33:12 \u201cAnd in his distress he implored the LORD his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The writer in Kings does not record any such act of contrition on the part of a king whom he regards as relentlessly evil. Perhaps the Chronicler was uncomfortable with this entirely bleak portrait. It is questionable whether Manasseh was actually exiled for a time as reported here.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Comp lit<\/em>. The kingships of Manasseh and Amon are told in the parallel text of 2 Kings 21. The main difference is that the story of Manasseh\u2019s repentance and remediation are only told here in Chronicles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. A crucial difference.<\/em> Manasseh in Kings is not just another sinful king. He is the king because of whose sins the Temple was destroyed. All the efforts at tikkun<\/em> that his grandson Josiah undertook were of no avail. \u201cThere was no king like [Josiah] before who turned back to the LORD with all his heart and soul and might, in full accord with the Teaching of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. However, the LORD did not turn away from His awesome wrath which had blazed up against Judah because of all the things Manasseh did to vex Him. The LORD said, \u201cI will also banish Judah from My presence as I banished Israel; and I will reject the city of Jerusalem which I chose and the House where I said My name would abide\u201d (2 Kings 23:25-27). According to Kings, Manasseh is totally guilty in the destruction of the Temple. According to Chronicles, Manasseh mended his ways, and no where is it mentioned that he is responsible for the destruction. 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