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But the people of Judah did not obey the Lord, and Manasseh led them to commit even greater sins than those committed by the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the land as his people advanced.
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Through his servants the prophets the Lord said,
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"King Manasseh has done these disgusting things, things far worse than what the Canaanites did; and with his idols he has led the people of Judah into sin.
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So I, the Lord God of Israel, will bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that everyone who hears about it will be stunned.
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I will punish Jerusalem as I did Samaria, as I did King Ahab of Israel and his descendants. I will wipe Jerusalem clean of its people, as clean as a plate that has been wiped and turned upside down.
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I will abandon the people who survive, and will hand them over to their enemies, who will conquer them and plunder their land.
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I will do this to my people because they have sinned against me and have stirred up my anger from the time their ancestors came out of Egypt to this day."
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Manasseh killed so many innocent people that the streets of Jerusalem were flowing with blood; he did this in addition to leading the people of Judah into idolatry, causing them to sin against the Lord.
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Everything else that Manasseh did, including the sins he committed, is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.]
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Manasseh died and was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza, and his son Amon succeeded him as king.
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Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from the town of Jotbah.