9 So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

MANASSEH’S REPENTANCE

10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.c 11 So he brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.d 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himselfe before the God of his ancestors. 13 He prayed to him, and the Lord was receptive to his prayer. He granted his requestf and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the Lord is God.g