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Changed Lives; MANASSEH

0 BC

JESUS David

Abraham

2000

BC

1000

BC

Slavery

Egypt

conquest

Judges

Exile

Babylon

return

rebuild

Manasseh

King of Judah from age 12

Reigned about 690-642BC

Son of Hezekiah

(who was a mostly good king)


1 Manasseh was twelve years old when

he became king, and he reigned in

Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s

name was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil in the

eyes of the LORD, following the

detestable practices of the nations the

LORD had driven out before the Israelites.


2 Kings chapter 21

3 He rebuilt the high places his father

Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected

altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole,

as Ahab king of Israel had done. He

bowed down to all the starry hosts and

worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the

temple of the LORD, of which the LORD

had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my

Name”.


2 Kings chapter 21

5 In both courts of the temple of the

LORD, he built altars to all the starry

hosts. 6 He sacrificed his own son in the

fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and

consulted mediums and spiritists. He did

much evil in the eyes of the LORD,

provoking him to anger.


2 Kings chapter 21

7 He took the carved Asherah pole he had

made and put it in the temple, of which

the LORD had said to David and to his

son Solomon, “In this temple and in

Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all

the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name

forever.”


2 Kings chapter 21

Baal Num 25:3

Asherah Ex 34:13

Stars Dt 4:19

Altars elsewhere Dt 12:4-7

Pagan altars in temple Ex 20:2

Sons in the fire Dt 18:10

Sorcery, witchcraft “

Divination “

Mediums and spiritists “

Innocent blood Ex 20:13


2 Kings chapter 21

Doing what previous occupants did v2

…only more so v9

more than the Amorites v11

(Gen 15:15)

Led the people astray 2 Chron 32:9

Ignored God 2 Chron 32:10


2 Kings chapter 21

11 So the LORD brought against them the

army commanders of the king of Assyria,

who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in

his nose, bound him with bronze shackles

and took him to Babylon.


2 Chronicles chapter 33

12 In his distress he sought the favor of the

LORD his God and humbled himself greatly

before the God of his fathers. 3 And when

he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by

his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he

brought him back to Jerusalem and to his

kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the

LORD is God.



14 Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the

City of David, west of the Gihon spring in

the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish

Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he

also made it much higher. He stationed

military commanders in all the fortified cities

in Judah. 5 He got rid of the foreign gods

and removed the image from the temple of

the LORD,



as well as all the altars he had built on the

temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw

them out of the city. 16 Then he restored the

altar of the LORD and sacrificed fellowship

offerings and thank offerings on it, and told

Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel. 17 The people, however, continued to

sacrifice at the high places, but only to the

LORD their God.



Sin makes work for others

2 Kings 23:12

Sin has consequences

2 Kings 21:12-15, 23:26-27, 24:1-2

2 Chron 33:22


Sin makes work for others

2 Kings 23:12

Sin has consequences

2 Kings 21:12-15, 23:26-27, 24:1-2

2 Chron 33:22

God will get our attention somehow

There’s always a way back with God

(not certain in Old Testament, but now…?)


Who am I influencing?

Is there something I think God could never

really forgive me for?

Is there someone I think God could never

save?


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