So Manasseh ... heathen. —Literally, And Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do …

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 21:9)

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…