Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

behold, [they are] in the account of his prayer. And [God] hearkened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers.

[This translation omits this verse.]

but only [troubled him] in his affliction. And he departed yet again from the Lord, and King Ahaz said,

but they hearkened not to Me, and their ear gave no heed; and they made their neck harder than their fathers.

But evil men and impostors shall advance worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.