The idol—that is, the Asherah (see the note on 2 Kings 21:7), which receives here (and in Ezekiel 8:3, 8:5) the somewhat unusual…

And he set ... had made. — And he set the carven image of the idol which he had made. “…

He wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of …

(See Gill on 2 Kings 21:7)

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…