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2 Chronicles 33:1 (show verse)
Manasseh began to reign at the age of twelve years, and continued to reign for 55 years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 33:2 (show verse)
But he practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by behaving detestably, as did the nations whom the LORD expelled in front of the Israelis.
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2 Chronicles 33:3 (show verse)
He re-established the high places that his father Hezekiah had demolished, he built altars to the Baals, erected Asherim, and worshipped and served the armies of heaven.
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » By the jews
Church and state » State superior to religion » Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion
hezekiah » King of judah » Purges the nation of idolatry
High places » Built by » Manasseh
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Adopted by the wicked kings
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2 Chronicles 33:4 (show verse)
He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had spoken "My name will reside in Jerusalem forever."
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Jerusalem » What shall be put in jerusalem
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Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Name » A place being established for the name of the lord
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Temple » Solomon's » Converted into an idolatrous shrine by manasseh
The First Temple » Historical notices of » Polluted by the idolatrous worship of manasseh
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Name » A place being established for the name of the lord
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2 Chronicles 33:5 (show verse)
He built altars for all the armies of heaven in the two courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
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Divination » Effected through » Connected with idolatry
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
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Divination » Effected through » Connected with idolatry
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2 Chronicles 33:6 (show verse)
He burned his sons as an offering in the Ben-hinnom Valley, practiced fortune-telling, witchcraft, sorcery, and communicated with mediums and separatists. He did a lot of things that the LORD considered to be evil, thus provoking him.
Children » Inhuman practice of offering to idols
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Divination » Effected through » Connected with idolatry
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By burning children
Idolatry » Divination connected with
Israel » hezekiah » Suceeds » Manasseh
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Paganism » Results
Parents » Bad--exemplified » Manasseh
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Sorcery » Divining by familiar spirits (mediums or spiritists)
Temple » Solomon's » Converted into an idolatrous shrine by manasseh
Tophet » See also
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Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
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Idolatry » Divination connected with
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Kings » Who reigned over judah » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Paganism » Results
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Tophet » See also
2 Chronicles 33:7 (show verse)
He also placed an image that he had carved in God's Temple, the place about which God had told to David and to his son Solomon, "I will place my name in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,"
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Jerusalem » The lord choosing jerusalem
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Pollutions » Of God's house
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Temple » Pollution of God's house
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Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Pollutions » Of God's house
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Temple » Pollution of God's house
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2 Chronicles 33:8 (show verse)
and "I won't let Israel's foothold slip on the land that I've given to your ancestors, if only they will be careful to keep everything that I commanded them in the Law, in the statutes, and in the ordinance through Moses."
2 Chronicles 33:9 (show verse)
This is how Manasseh deceived Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to practice more evil than the nations whom the LORD had eliminated in front of the Israelis.
2 Chronicles 33:10 (show verse)
The LORD kept on speaking to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention to him,
2 Chronicles 33:11 (show verse)
so the LORD brought in the army commanders who worked for the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him in bronze chains, and took him off to Babylon.
Assyria » Manasseh taken captive to
Babylon » Empire of » Jews carried to
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Fetters » Used for securing prisoners
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Judgments » Manasseh
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Manasseh » King of judah, son of hezekiah
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2 Chronicles 33:12 (show verse)
But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,
Afflictions made beneficial » Exemplified » Manasseh
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Humility » Exemplified » Manasseh
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Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Prayer » Should be offered up » With humility
Repentance » True--exemplified » Manasseh
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Humility » Exemplified » Manasseh
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Prayer » Should be offered up » With humility
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2 Chronicles 33:13 (show verse)
and prayed to him. Moved by Manasseh's entreaties, the LORD heard his supplications and brought him back to his kingdom in Jerusalem. That's how Manasseh learned that the LORD is God.
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Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Pardon » Exemplified » Manasseh
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » Jehoshaphat
Prayer » Answered » Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of babylon
Prayer, answers to » Manasseh
Repentance » True--exemplified » Manasseh
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Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Pardon » Exemplified » Manasseh
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Repentance » True--exemplified » Manasseh
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2 Chronicles 33:14 (show verse)
Later on, Manasseh reinforced the outer wall to the City of David on the west side overlooking the Gihon Valley as far as the Fish Gate. He encircled the Ophel, raising it to a great height.
Cities » Under governors
Fishes » Sold near the fish gate at jerusalem
Gates » Of jerusalem » Fish gate
Gihon » A pool
Gihon » Pools near jerusalem » Hezekiah brings the waters of the upper pool by an aqueduct into the city of jerusalem
hezekiah » King of judah » Conducts the gihon brook into jerusalem
Influence » Good » Manasseh
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Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Walls of, restored and fortified by » Manasseh
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Ophel » Gate » Jerusalem gate
Revivals » Instances of » Manasseh
Fishes » Sold near the fish gate at jerusalem
Gates » Of jerusalem » Fish gate
Gihon » A pool
Gihon » Pools near jerusalem » Hezekiah brings the waters of the upper pool by an aqueduct into the city of jerusalem
hezekiah » King of judah » Conducts the gihon brook into jerusalem
Influence » Good » Manasseh
Israel » hezekiah » Suceeds » Manasseh
Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Walls of, restored and fortified by » Manasseh
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Ophel » Gate » Jerusalem gate
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2 Chronicles 33:15 (show verse)
He also eliminated the foreign gods and idols from the LORD's Temple, along with all of the altars that he had built in Jerusalem and on the mountain where the LORD's Temple was located, and he discarded them outside the city.
Awakenings and religious reforms » Religious reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Manasseh
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Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » Manasseh
Idolatry » Zeal » Against » Manasseh
Influence » Good » Manasseh
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Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Peace offerings » Was offered » By manasseh on repairing and restoring the altar
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Manasseh » King of judah » History of
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Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Manasseh
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2 Chronicles 33:16 (show verse)
He set up an altar to the LORD, sacrificed peace offerings on it, and ordered Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
Altar » In solomon's temple » Repaired by manasseh
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Dedication » Personal of offerings » Thank
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Offerings » Thank
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Offerings » Thank
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2 Chronicles 33:17 (show verse)
Even so, the people continued to sacrifice in the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
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2 Chronicles 33:18 (show verse)
Now as to the rest of Manasseh's accomplishments, including his prayer to God and what the seers had to say to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, they are included among the Acts of the Kings of Israel.
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Kings » Who reigned over judah » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Prayer » Manasseh
private Prayer » Exemplified » Manasseh
Prophecy » They who uttered » Spake in the name of the lord
Prophets » Spake in the name of the lord
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Prayer » Manasseh
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2 Chronicles 33:19 (show verse)
His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Sayings of the seers
Influence » Good » Manasseh
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Kings » Who reigned over judah » Manasseh
Manasseh » King of judah » History of
Prayer » Answered » Manasseh, for deliverance from the king of babylon
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private Prayer » Exemplified » Manasseh
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2 Chronicles 33:20 (show verse)
So Manasseh died, as had his ancestors, and they buried him in his own palace while his son Amon became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 33:21 (show verse)
Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 33:22 (show verse)
He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just as his father Manasseh had done, sacrificing to and serving all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made,
2 Chronicles 33:23 (show verse)
except that he never humbled himself to the LORD like his father Manasseh had done. In fact, Amon multiplied his own guilt
2 Chronicles 33:24 (show verse)
until his servants finally conspired against him and executed him in his own palace.
2 Chronicles 33:25 (show verse)
But the people of the land executed all of the conspirators against King Amon and installed his son Josiah as king to succeed him.