the deportation to Babylon (2 Kgs. 21:10–15). The Chronicler’s account of Manasseh’s reign (697–687 B.C.) departs from the narrative of 2 Kings 21:1–18 by including the unusual story of Manasseh’s imprisonment in Assyria. During this exile, he repented and God answered by returning him to Jerusalem (33:10–13). Many scholars have questioned the authenticity of the Chronicler’s account. However, its omission in Kings can be attributed to that author’s purpose of presenting a case for the apostasy of