2 CHRONICLES 33:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.”
Manasseh's doing much evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him indicates a pattern of deliberate action designed to transgress covenant boundaries and offend divine justice. The evaluative language establishes that his actions constituted profound spiritual violation. The specification that his evil was intended to provoke God suggests deliberate defiance rather than mere ignorance or accident. The comprehensive nature of his evil practices—spanning child sacrifice, pagan worship, divination, and witchcraft—indicates a totality of covenant violation. The language of provocation establishes that Manasseh's actions were understood as direct challenges to the Lord's authority.
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