“And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. He prayed to him, and God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
Manasseh’s story should give us a great deal of hope. He was the most evil and overtly pagan of any of the kings to rule over Judah. He essentially took his father Hezekiah’s legacy and turned it on its head. If there was some practice that would offend the Lord, he jumped into it with both feet. He led the whole nation astray and primed the pump for terrible judgment. Read the rest…
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