 708 B.C. - 641 B.C.
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| Name |
Manassah (Manasses) ha-David |
| Suffix |
King of Judah |
| Birth |
708 B.C. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
641 B.C. |
| Notes |
- http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps31/ps31_232.htm
http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/mat1.html
Matthew 3:10
The only son and successor of «u»Hezekiah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hezekiah.html>«/u» on the throne of Judah. He was twelve years old when he began to reign (2 Kings 21:1), and he reigned fifty-five years (B.C. 698-643). Though he reigned so long, yet comparatively little is known of this king. His reign was a continuation of that of «u»Ahaz <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/ahaz.html>«/u», both in religion and national polity. He early fell under the influence of the heathen court circle, and his reign was characterized by a sad relapse into «u»idolatry <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/idolatry.html>«/u» with all its vices, showing that the reformation under his father had been to a large extent only superficial (Isa. 7:10; 2 Kings 21:10-15). A systematic and persistent attempt was made, and all too successfully, to banish the worship of Jehovah out of the land. Amid this wide-spread idolatry there were not wanting, however, faithful prophets (Isaiah, Micah) who lifted up their voice in reproof and in warning. But their fidelity only aroused «u»bitter <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/bitter.html>«/u» «u»hatred <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hatred.html>«/u», and a period of cruel «u»persecution <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/persecution.html>«/u» against all the friends of the old religion began. "The days of Alva in Holland, of Charles IX. in France, or of the Covenanters under Charles II. in Scotland, were anticipated in the Jewish capital. The streets were red with blood." There is an old Jewish tradition that Isaiah was put to death at this time (2 Kings 21:16; 24:3, 4; Jer. 2:30), having been sawn asunder in the trunk of a tree. Psalms 49, 73, 77, 140, and 141 seem to express the feelings of the pious amid the fiery trials of this great persecution. Manasseh has been called the "Nero of Palestine."
«u»Esarhaddon <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/esarhaddon.html>«/u», Sennacherib's successor on the Assyrian throne, who had his residence in Babylon for thirteen years (the only Assyrian monarch who ever reigned in Babylon), took Manasseh prisoner (B.C. 681) to Babylon. Such captive kings were usually treated with great cruelty. They were brought before the conqueror with a «u»hook <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hook.html>«/u» or ring passed through their lips or their jaws, having a cord attached to it, by which they were led. This is referred to in 2 Chr. 33:11, where the Authorized Version reads that Esarhaddon "took Manasseh among the thorns;" while the Revised Version renders the words, "took Manasseh in chains;" or literally, as in the margin, "with hooks." (Compare 2 Kings 19:28.)
The severity of Manasseh's imprisonment brought him to repentance. God heard his cry, and he was restored to his kingdom (2 Chr. 33:11-13). He abandoned his idolatrous ways, and enjoined the people to worship Jehovah; but there was no thorough reformation. After a lengthened reign extending through fifty-five years, the longest in the history of Judah, he died, and was buried in the garden of Uzza, the "garden of his own house" (2 Kings 21:17, 18; 2 Chr. 33:20), and not in the city of David, among his ancestors. He was succeeded by his son Amon.
In «u»Judg. 18:30 <http://christiananswers.net/bible/judg18.html>«/u» the correct reading is "«u»Moses <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/moses.html>«/u»," and not "Manasseh." The name "Manasseh" is supposed to have been introduced by some transcriber to avoid the scandal of naming the grandson of «u»Moses <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/moses.html>«/u» the great lawgiver as the founder of an idolatrous religion.
«b»http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/manasseh.html?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasseh_of_Judah
«/b»He is mentioned in Assyrian records as a contemporary of «u»Esarhaddon «/u»
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| Person ID |
I60796 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Photos |
 | Hezekiah_-_Manasseh_-_Amon.jpg
MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)
Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon, 1511-12
Fresco, 215 x 430 cm, Cappella Sistina, Vatican
"Ahaz begat Hezekiah. Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manasseh begat Amon." (Matthew 1:9-10)
Traditionally Manasseh is the man on the right and Amon is the child on the left
The two main figures, seated and seen in profile, have their backs to each other. The solitary man seated on the right, slumped forward with his face in the shadow - apparently sleeping, but, in reality, probably immersed in anguished meditation - is usually considered to be Manasseh, filled with terrible remorse for having favoured idolatrous cults and persecuted the faithful followers of Yahweh. The young woman on the left is thought to be Meshullemeth, the mother of Amon: her lips half closed, an expression of infinite tenderness on her face, she is totally absorbed in the baby she is holding in her arms, while her feet rock the wooden and wickerwork cradle where another child sleeps. Hezekiah as a child is believed to be depicted in the spandrel above, together with his mother and his father, Ahaz.
Although the two figures appear to be remote from each other, there is a complementary relationship due to the emotional contrast. Thus, the attitude of desolate self abandon of Manasseh is countered by the grace, vitality, and tenderness of the woman.
The delicate range of colours in the clothes of the two figures tone with different scales, but there are precise links: the reddish-rose mantle that envelops the woman below her shoulders, modeled with very light brushstrokes in the parts in the light, is matched, with a slightly paler tonality, by the man's tunic, which is open at the sides.
There is, moreover, greater contrast in the pattern of light and shade in the yellow of the skirt covering the woman's legs and the green of her shirt compared to the colours - which are, however, deeper - of the man's clothes and stockings. On the other hand, the penitential violet-gray cloth that covers the bowed head of Manasseh, falling over the curve of his back, appears to be more delicate in tone than the blue-gray ribbon that is intertwined with a white one in Meshullemeth's elaborate hairstyle.
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Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
Title: Hezekiah - Manasseh - Amon
Time-line: 1501-1550
School: Italian
Form: painting
Type: religious |
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