# What does 2 Chronicles 33:11 mean?

> 2 Chronicles 33:11 in plain, modern English from the Modern Text Bible.

> So the Lord sent the commanders of the Assyrian army against them. They captured Manasseh, put a hook through his nose, bound him in chains, and took him to Babylon.
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> — 2 Chronicles 33:11, Modern Text Bible

## Commentary

God allowed Manasseh to be captured and humiliated by a foreign power as a consequence of his actions.