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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and his son Manasseh (Hebr. Menasheh) reigned in his place.
[Manasseh reigned from 687 to 642 BC. His name means "cause to forget." He is described as one of the worst kings, see ]
Manasseh (Hebr. Menasheh) was 12 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 55 years in Jerusalem, and his mother's [queen mother's] name was Cheftsiva.
But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do what is more evil than what the nations did whom the Lord (Yahweh) destroyed before the sons of Israel.
"Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these abominations and has done evil above (more than) all that the Ammonites did before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols,
And Manasseh has also shed innocent blood very much, until he has filled Jerusalem from one end to the other, besides his sins with which he has made Judah sin by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh).
The rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sins that he committed, are written in the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh), as his father Manasseh had done.
And the altar that was on the roof of Ahaz's upper chamber, which the king of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord (Yahweh), he broke in pieces and knocked them down from there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
But the Lord (Yahweh) did not turn away from his fierce anger, with which his wrath was kindled against Judah because of all their provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
By the word of the Lord (Yahweh), this will happen in Judah to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasseh for all that he has done,
his son Ahaz,
his son Hezekiah,
his son Manasseh,
Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the place where one goes up to the tombs of the house of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. His son Manasseh became king after him.
[Manasseh reigned in Judah for 55 years (698-643 BC). He was the first king of Judah who was not contemporary with the northern kingdom of Israel, which the Assyrians conquered around 720 BC and deported a large part of the population. He reintroduced polytheistic worship and reversed the religious changes made by his father Hezekiah. When Manasseh's reign began, Sennacherib was king of Assyria (he reigned until 681 BC). Manasseh is mentioned in Assyrian writings as a contemporary and loyal vassal of Sennacherib's son and successor Esarhaddon. Assyrian writings mention Manasseh among the 22 kings who were obliged to provide materials for Esarhaddon's building projects. Esarhaddon died in 669 BC and was succeeded by his son Ashurbanipal, who also mentions Manasseh as one of a number of vassals who helped in his campaign against Egypt. Manasseh (Hebr. Menasheh) was 12 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 55 years in Jerusalem.]
But Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations whom the Lord (Yahweh) had destroyed before the children of Israel.
The Lord (Yahweh) spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not heed his words.
Then the Lord (Yahweh) sent the armies of the Assyrian king against them. They bound Manasseh in chains and imprisoned him with copper shackles and took him to Babylon.
And when he prayed to him, the Lord (Yahweh) heard him and listened to his prayer and let him return to Jerusalem as king. Then Manasseh realized that it is the Lord (Yahweh) who is God (Elohim).
The rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God (Elohim), and the words that the seers (Hebr. chozeh) spoke to him in the name of the Lord (Yahweh), the God of Israel (Elohim), are recorded in the chronicles of the kings of Israel. [This does not refer to the Books of Kings in the Bible, but to public records from which information was taken by the prophets and written down in the canonical books.]
Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him where he lived. His son Amon became king after him.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh), as his father Manasseh had done. And Amon sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made, and he worshipped them.
But he did not humble himself before the Lord (Yahweh), as his father Manasseh had done, but he added sin to sin.
And I will make them a terror among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah (Hebr. Chizqijahos), king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
Hezekiah begot Manasseh,
Manasseh begot Amon,
Amon begot Josiah,
