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2 Kings 21:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Manassehs was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah.

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2 Chron. 33:1• ¹Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 33:1)

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Hephzi-bah,

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1-2: Manasseh's reign.

3-9: His great idolatry.

10-16: His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah.

17-18: Amon succeeds him.

19-22: Amon's wicked reign.

23-26: He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by the people, Josiah is made king.

A.M. 3306-3361.

B.C. 698-643.

was twelve.

2 Kings 20:21• ²¹And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 20:21)

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1 Chron. 3:13• ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, (1 Chron. 3:13)

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2 Chron. 32:33• ³³And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. (2 Chron. 32:33)

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2 Chron. 33:1‑9• ¹Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
²And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
³And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.
⁴And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
⁵And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
⁶He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
⁷And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
⁸neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land that I have appointed to your fathers; if they will only take heed to do all that I commanded them through Moses, according to all the law and the statutes and the ordinances.
⁹And Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel. (2 Chron. 33:1‑9)

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Matt. 1:10• ¹⁰and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias, (Matt. 1:10)

Manasses.

Hephzi-bah.

Prov. 5:19• ¹⁹As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. (Prov. 5:19)

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Isa. 62:4• ⁴Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (Isa. 62:4)

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Isa. 62• (Isa. 62)

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• Often a period of revival is followed by a faster pace down the pathway of decline; and remarkably, it is not said that God especially emphasizes this state of things by His judgments. The reign of Manasseh, characterized by a real overflow of idolatry, is the longest reign registered in the history of the kings of Judah and of Israel. One cannot judge men’s condition by the greater or lesser severity of God’s ways toward them. This was precisely the error of Job’s friends. (“Manasseh: 2 Kings 21:1-18” by H.L. Rossier)

• Hephzibah — My delight is in her — the very name restored Jerusalem shall be called by the Lord (Isa. 62:4). For the time being Hephzibah had, alas! brought forth a monstrous being, object of the Lord’s displeasure. Is it for this reason that neither the father nor the birthplace of Manasseh’s mother are mentioned? (“Manasseh: 2 Kings 21:1-18” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibahd.

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Meaning, "My delight is in her."