Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-five years.

In his suffering he became humble, turned to the LORD his God, and begged him for help.

The king's prayer and God's answer to it, and an account of the sins he committed before he repented---the evil he did, the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah that he made and the idols that he worshiped---are all recorded in The History of the Prophets.

My people, were you ashamed because you did these disgusting things? No, you were not ashamed at all; you don't even know how to blush! And so you will fall as others have fallen; when I punish you, that will be the end of you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

When his troubles were at their worst, that man Ahaz sinned against the LORD more than ever.

Yet no one listened or paid any attention. Instead, you became more stubborn and rebellious than your ancestors.

and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.