Difference between revisions of "Manasses"

<p> <strong> [[Manasses.]] </strong> 1. 1Es 9:33 = <strong> [[Manasseh]] </strong> , No. <strong> 3 </strong> (&nbsp; Ezra 10:33 ). <strong> 2. </strong> Judith’s husband ( Jdt 8:2 ). <strong> 3. </strong> An unknown person mentioned in the dying words of [[Tobit]] (To 14:10). <strong> 4. </strong> For ‘Prayer of Manasses’ see Apocrypha, [[§]] <strong> 11. </strong> </p>

<p> '''Manas'ses.''' </p> <p> 1. Manasseh, king of Judah. &nbsp;Matthew 1:10. </p> <p> 2. Manasseh, the son of Joseph. &nbsp;Revelation 7:6. </p>

<p> See [[Manasseh.]] </p>

<p> ''''' ma ''''' - ''''' nas´ēz ''''' ( Μανασσῆς , <i> ''''' Manassḗs ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus, <i> ''''' Manassḗ ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) One who had married a "strange wife" (1 [[Esdras]] 9:33) = "Manasseh" of &nbsp;Ezra 10:33 . </p> <p> (2) The wealthy husband of Judith; died of sunstroke when employed at the barley harvest (&nbsp;Judith 8:2 f, 7; 10:3; 16:22 ff). </p> <p> (3) [[A]] person mentioned in &nbsp;Tobit 14:10 , who "gave alms, and escaped the snare of death." It must be admitted that [[Manasses]] here is an awkward reading and apparently interrupts the sense, which would run more smoothly if Manasses were omitted or [[Achiacharus]] read. There is great variety of text in this verse. Codex Sinaiticus (followed by Fritzsche, <i> Libri apoc. vet. Test Greek </i> , 1871) reads <i> ''''' en ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tṓ ''''' </i> <i> ''''' poiḗsai ''''' </i> <i> ''''' me ''''' </i> <i> ''''' eleēmosúnēn ''''' </i> <i> ''''' exḗlthen ''''' </i> , where Manasses is omitted and Achiacharus is understood as the subject. Itala and [[Syriac]] go a step further and read Achiacharus as subject. But Codex Vaticanus (followed by Swete, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)) reads <i> ''''' Manassēs ''''' </i> , which must be the correct reading on the principle of being the most difficult. Explanations have been offered (1) that Manasses is simply the [[Hebrew]] name for Achiacharus, it not being uncommon for a Jew to have a Greek and a Hebrew name; (2) that on reading Ἀμών , <i> ''''' Amṓn ''''' </i> , Manasses was inserted for Achiacharus according to &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 33:22 ff; (3) that Manasses here is an incorrect reading for [[Nasbas]] (Tobit 11:18), identified by [[Grotius]] with Achiacharus: "It seems impossible at present to arrive at a satisfactory explanation" (Fuller, <i> Speaker's [[Commentary]] </i> ). There is as great uncertainty as to the person who conspired against Manasses: Ἀμάν , <i> '''''Amán''''' </i> , in Codex Alexandrinus, followed by the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), who is by some identified with the [[Haman]] of Esther and Achiacharus with Mordecai; Ἀδάμ , <i> '''''Adám''''' </i> , in Codex Vaticanus, followed by Swete; Itala Nadab; Syriac [[Ahab]] (Acab). </p> <p> (4) [[A]] king of Judah (&nbsp;Matthew 1:10 the King James Version, Greek form, the Revised Version (British and American) "Manasseh"), whose prayer forms one of the apocryphal books. See [[Manasses]] , [[Prayer]] Of . </p> <p> (5) The elder son of [[Joseph]] (&nbsp;Revelation 7:6 , the King James Version Greek form, the Revised Version (British and American) "Manasseh"). </p>

<p> (Μανασσῆς )'','' the Greek form of the name ''Manasseh,'' and, as such, applied not only to those mentioned in the [[O.T.,]] but to another in the Apocrypha. </p> <p> '''1.''' The son of Joseph by that name (&nbsp;Revelation 7:6). </p> <p> '''2.''' The king of Judah (&nbsp;Matthew 1:10; and so in "the Prayer" thus entitled). </p> <p> '''3.''' One of the sons of [[Hashum]] (&nbsp;1 Esdras 9:33; comp. &nbsp;Ezra 10:33). '''4.''' [[A]] wealthy inhabitant of Bethuha, and husband of Judith, according to the legend. He was smitten with a sunstroke while superintending the laborers in his fields, leaving [[Judith]] a widow with great possessions (&nbsp;Judges 8:2; &nbsp;Judges 8:7; &nbsp;Judges 10:3; &nbsp;Judges 16:22-24), and was buried between [[Dothan]] and Baal-hamon. (See [[Judith]]). </p>