Also he built ... In Jerusalem. —Literally as Kings. Manasseh built altars in the Temple, as Ahaz had done ([Reference 2 …

Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. And he built altars for all t…

(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:4)

We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and it is a memorable instance of the riches of God's pardoning mercy and the powe…