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Manasseh

Also called Manasses

Manasseh (son of Hezekiah)

708–641 BC, 67 years traditional (Jones)

The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Hezekiah
Mother
Hephzi-bah
Partner
Meshullemeth
Child
Amon
Born at
Jerusalem
Died at
Jerusalem
Tagged in
24 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

2 events in which Manasseh takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 696 BCReign of Manasseh2 Kgs 21:1-18
  2. 641 BCDeath of Manasseh2 Kgs 21:18

Places

Places named in the same verses as Manasseh, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem7
  2. location not graded: Assyria1
  3. likely location: Babylon1
  4. location not graded: Kidron1
  5. likely location: Uzza1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 733–616 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around this life, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

24 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Kings11
  2. 1 Chronicles1
  3. 2 Chronicles10
  4. Jeremiah1
  5. Matthew1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBManasseh 156Manasses 0
KJVManasseh 147Manasses 3
ASVManasseh 148Manasses 0

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Every verse

All 24 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings11 verses
  1. 20:21

    And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

  2. 21:1

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

  3. 21:9

    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

  4. 21:11

    “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,

  5. 21:16

    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

  6. 21:17

    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  7. 21:18

    And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

  8. 21:20

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

  9. 23:12

    He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

  10. 23:26

    Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.

  11. 24:3

    Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 3:13

    Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

2 Chronicles10 verses
  1. 32:33

    And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

  2. 33:1

    Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

  3. 33:9

    So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

  4. 33:10

    And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

  5. 33:11

    So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

  6. 33:13

    And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

  7. 33:18

    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

  8. 33:20

    And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

  9. 33:22

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,

  10. 33:23

    but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

Jeremiah1 verse
  1. 15:4

    I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

Matthew1 verse
  1. 1:10

    Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1). There is an account of his marriage to a Syrian (1 Chr. 7:14); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is, that his grandchildren were “brought up upon Joseph’s knees” (Gen. 50:23; R.V., “born upon Joseph’s knees”) i.e., were from their birth adopted by Joseph as his own children.

The tribe of Manasseh was associated with that of Ephraim and Benjamin during the wanderings in the wilderness. They encamped on the west side of the tabernacle. According to the census taken at Sinai, this tribe then numbered 32,200 (Num. 1:10, 35; 2:20, 21). Forty years afterwards its numbers had increased to 52,700 (26:34, 37), and it was at this time the most distinguished of all the tribes.

The half of this tribe, along with Reuben and Gad, had their territory assigned them by Moses on the east of the Jordan (Josh. 13:7-14); but it was left for Joshua to define the limits of each tribe. This territory on the east of Jordan was more valuable and of larger extent than all that was allotted to the nine and a half tribes in the land of Palestine. It is sometimes called “the land of Gilead,” and is also spoken of as “on the other side of Jordan.” The portion given to the half tribe of Manasseh was the largest on the east of Jordan. It embraced the whole of Bashan. It was bounded on the south by Mahanaim, and extended north to the foot of Lebanon. Argob, with its sixty cities, that “ocean of basaltic rocks and boulders tossed about in the wildest confusion,” lay in the midst of this territory.

The whole “land of Gilead” having been conquered, the two and a half tribes left their wives and families in the fortified cities there, and accompanied the other tribes across the Jordan, and took part with them in the wars of conquest. The allotment of the land having been completed, Joshua dismissed the two and a half tribes, commending them for their heroic service (Josh. 22:1-34). Thus dismissed, they returned over Jordan to their own inheritance.

On the west of Jordan the other half of the tribe of Manasseh was associated with Ephraim, and they had their portion in the very centre of Palestine, an area of about 1,300 square miles, the most valuable part of the whole country, abounding in springs of water. Manasseh’s portion was immediately to the north of that of Ephraim (Josh. 16). Thus the western Manasseh defended the passes of Esdraelon as the eastern kept the passes of the Hauran.