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Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled
from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin
that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the
LORD’s sight.
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The rest of the events in Manasseh’s reign and everything he did, including the
sins he committed, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 33:10-19
The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings. 11So the LORD sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took
Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze
chains, and led him away to Babylon. 12 But while in deep distress, Manasseh
sought the LORD his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his
ancestors. 13And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his
request. So the LORD brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom.
Then Manasseh finally realized that the LORD alone is God!
14
After this Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of
the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around
the hill of Ophel. He built the wall very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified towns of Judah. 15Manasseh also removed the foreign
gods and the idol from the LORD’s Temple. He tore down all the altars he had
built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem,
and he dumped them outside the city. 16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD
and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel. 17However, the
people still sacrificed at the pagan shrines, though only to the LORD their God.
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The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, his prayer to God, and the words
the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are recorded in
The Book of the Kings of Israel. 19Manasseh’s prayer, the account of the way God
answered him, and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in The
Record of the Seers.* It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines
and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself and repented.
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End of Manasseh’s Reign / 2 Kings 21:18 / 643 BC
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When Manasseh died, he was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza.
Then his son Amon became the next king.
2 Chronicles 33:20
When Manasseh died, he was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became
the next king.
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Amon Rules in Judah / 2 Kings 21:19-26 / 643 BC
19
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from
Jotbah. 20He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Manasseh,
had done. 21He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his
father had worshiped. 22He abandoned the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and
he refused to follow the LORD’s ways.
33:19 Or The Record of Hozai.
