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Manasseh
Manasseh
1. Joseph's son; elder brother of Ephraim (Gen. 48: 1), but in the national history the weaker of the two tribes (Gen. 48: 19). 2. Son of Hezekiah and king of Judah (698–642 BCE) and regarded by 2 Kgs. as overturning all the religious reforms of his father. He even sacrificed his own son (2 Kgs. 21: 6). He was loyal to his assyrian overlords and once helped Ashurbanipal in a campaign against Egypt, but once also he was suspected of treason and imprisoned (2 Chr. 33: 11), perhaps during 652–648 BCE. It was inevitable that Judah's subjection to Assyria would involve some infiltration of the imperial cult, and equally that this should be condemned by strict Yahwists. According to 2 Chron. 33 he experienced a religious conversion, but there is no mention of this in Kgs. and it may be the Chronicler's way of explaining the length of his reign. |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Manasseh." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Manasseh." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Manasseh.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Manasseh." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Manasseh.html |
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Manasseh
Manasseh in the Bible, the name of a Hebrew patriarch, son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, and of one of the kings of Judah.
Prayer of Manasses a book of the Apocrypha consisting of a penitential prayer put into the mouth of Manasseh, king of Judah. His life and reign are described at 2 Kings 21:1–18. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Manasseh." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Manasseh." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Manasseh.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Manasseh." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Manasseh.html |
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Manasseh
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"Manasseh." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Manasseh." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Manasseh.html "Manasseh." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Manasseh.html |
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