1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 55 years.
2. Following the disgusting practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out of the land as his people advanced, Manasseh sinned against the Lord.
3. He rebuilt the pagan places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He built altars for the worship of Baal, made images of the goddess Asherah, and worshipped the stars.
4. He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the Lord had said was where he should be worshipped for ever.
5. In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.