1 Manassehwas 12 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah. 2 Jr 15.4.Manasseh disobeyed the Lordby following the disgusting customs of the nations that the Lordhad forced out of Israel. 3 He rebuilt the local shrines that his father Hezekiahhad torn down. He built altars for the god Baal and set up a sacred pole for worshiping the goddess Asherah, just as King Ahabof Israel had done. And he faithfully worshiped the stars in heaven.
4 2 S 7.13.In the temple, where only the Lordwas supposed to be worshiped, Manasseh built altars for the worship of pagan gods 5 and the stars. He placed these altars in both courts of the temple, 6,7 1 K 9.3-5;2 Ch 7.12-18.and even set up the pole for Asherah there. Manasseh practiced magic and witchcraft; he asked fortunetellers for advice and sacrificed his own son. He did many sinful things and made the Lordvery angry.
Years ago the Lordhad told Davidand his son Solomon:
Jerusalemis the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there I will be worshiped forever. 8 If my people will faithfully obey all the commands in the Law of my servant Moses, I will never make them leave the land I gave to their ancestors.
9 But the people of Judah disobeyed the Lord. They listened to Manassehand did even more sinful things than the nations the Lordhad wiped out.
17 Everything else Manassehdid while he was king, including his terrible sins, is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. 18 He died and was buried in UzzaGarden near his palace, and his son Amonbecame king.
Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, reigned fifty-five years over Judah, rebuilt the altars for Baal, and shed very much innocent blood in Jerusalem (2 Kings 21:1).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jacob, son of Isaac, bought the birthright from Esau, wrestled with God at Penuel, and received the name Israel; his twelve sons gave rise to the tribes (Genesis 32:28).
Significado: “One who takes by the heel (supplanter)”
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Ahab, the son of Omri, reigned over Israel in Samaria, married Jezebel, and served Baal, doing more evil in the sight of the Lord than all the kings before him (1 Kings 16:30).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Moses, a Levite raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, was called by God at the burning bush, brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt, and received the law on Mount Sinai (Exodus 3:4).
Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, reigned fifty-five years over Judah, rebuilt the altars for Baal, and shed very much innocent blood in Jerusalem (2 Kings 21:1).
Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, reigned fifty-five years over Judah, rebuilt the altars for Baal, and shed very much innocent blood in Jerusalem (2 Kings 21:1).