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Zedekiah. 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.
Manasseh was 12 years old when he inherited the throne. His reign in Jerusalem lasted 55 years. His mother was Hephzibah. He committed evil in the Eternal’s eyes, like the abhorrent practices of those nations driven out by the Eternal before the Israelites settled in Canaan. Manasseh reconstructed the high places his father, Hezekiah, had demolished. He constructed altars for Baal and ...
Among the rank of idolaters Manasseh stood first, and it was the song and glory of the false priests that the king of Judah was on the side of the gods of the heathen. He was the leader—the first man in the battle. When the troops of the ungodly went to war against the God of the whole earth, Manasseh led the vanguard and cheered them on.
10 The L ord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention. 11 v Therefore the L ord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and w bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the L ord his God ...
The son of Hezekiah and the grandfather of Josiah, King Manasseh is described in 2Kgs 21:1-18 and 2Chr 33:1-20, and the activities of his fifty-five year reign weigh heavily on the fate of the Judean monarchy. In the book of Kings, his many idolatrous actions are credited for the misfortunes of Judah ( 2Kgs 23:26-27; see also Jer 15:4 ).
Manasseh King of Judah (). 21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and ...
Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, ruled over Judah for 55 years. He was the longest reigning king in the nation’s history. Unlike his father, who honored the Lord, Manasseh was perhaps the worst of Judah’s kings. He actively pursued practices forbidden by God, and even built altars to false gods inside the temple. Manasseh burned his sons as child ...
