Manasseh was 12 when he became king and he reigned for 55 years. He was a wicked king completely the opposite to his father Hezekiah. He revived pagan Baal and Asherah worship, he sacrificed his own children burning them alive, and he practiced divination, witchcraft and spiritism which all greatly angered God. Manasseh completely led the people of God astray. God spoke to Manasseh but he would not take heed. So God brought the Assyrians against him and they took him prisoner, put a hook in his nose, and took him in shackles to Babylon. There Manasseh humbled himself and cried to God who had mercy on him and restored him to Jerusalem. There he rebuilt the outer wall and installed military commanders in all the fortified cities. He then greatly reduced paganism, removed the image he had previously put in the temple, and reintroduced worship and sacrifice to the Lord. When Manasseh died he was succeeded by his son Amon, at the age of 22, who only reigned for 2 years and did evil in the sight of God reintroducing paganism. He was assassinated and replaced by his son Josiah.
Homens desobedientes
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