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Manasseh ( / məˈnæsə /; Hebrew: מְנַשֶּׁה Mənaššé, "Forgetter"; Akkadian: 𒈨𒈾𒋛𒄿 Menasî [ me-na-si-i ]; Greek: Μανασσῆς Manasses; Latin: Manasses) was the fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the oldest of the sons of Hezekiah and Hephzibah ( 2 Kings 21:1 ). He became king at the age of 12 and ...
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh ( / məˈnæsə /; Hebrew: שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה Ševet Mənašše, Tiberian: Šēḇeṭ Mănašše) [1] was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. After the catastrophic Assyrian invasion of 720 BCE, it is counted as one of the ten lost tribes.
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Manasseh of Judah (c. 699 - c. 642 B.C.E.) was the king of Judah and the only son and successor of Hezekiah. His mother's name is recorded as Hephzibah. Beginning his reign at twelve years old, Manasseh ruled Judah longer than any other king. A vassal of the Assyrian Empire, he reversed the monotheistic reforms of his father.
In Ps. lx. 9 (A. V. 7) and cviii. 8 Manasseh is called a most precious possession. 3. According to II Kings xxi. 1, Manasseh, the successor of Hezekiah upon the throne of Judah, was but a boy of twelve at his father's death. His reign of fifty-three years is the longest recorded in the annals of Judah. There can be no doubt that Sennacherib ...
Manasseh King of Judah - Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an ...
Jun 29, 2015 · Manasseh is one of two eponymous tribes named after the sons of Joseph (the other is Ephraim) and should not be confused with Manasseh the king who reigned over Judah late in the period of Assyria’s rule over Israel. According to the biblical text, Manasseh received an allotment of land in Palestine, along with the other twelve tribes.
