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Key facts
- Reign
- 55 years total, 697–687 BC coregency, 687–643 BC sole reign
- Predecessor
- Hezekiah
- Successor
- Amon
- Born
- c. 709 BC, probably Jerusalem
- Died
- c. 643 BC (aged 65 or 66), probably Jerusalem
- Spouse
- Meshullemeth
- Issue
- Amon
- House
- House of David
- Father
- Hezekiah
- Mother
- Hephzibah
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Judah
- Place of birth
- Jerusalem
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Child
- Amon
- Father
- Hezekiah
- Mother
- Hephzibah
- Occupation
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Biblical Hebrew
- Family
- Davidic line
- Noble title
- king
- Image
- Manases-Manasseh.jpg
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- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- present in work
- Second Book of Chronicles
- Commons category
- King Manasseh
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- מנשה
- date of death
- 0642-00-00
- date of birth
- 0709-00-00
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
King Manasseh, from the north rose window of Chartres Cathedral Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Amon, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh, by Lucas van Leyden Manasseh (/məˈnæsə/; Hebrew: מְנַשֶּׁה Mənaššé; Akkadian: 𒈨𒈾𒋛𒄿 Menasî [me-na-si-i]; Ancient Greek: Μανασσῆς Manasses; Latin: Manasses) was the fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the oldest of the sons of Hezekiah and Hephzibah (2 Kings 21:1). He became king at the age of 12 and reigned for 55 years (2 Kings 21:1; 2 Chronicles 33:1).
Biblical account
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manasseh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.