The writer of Kings recounts the history of fifty-five years in just eighteen verses and, as a result, omits numerous important facts from Manasseh…

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh ... — See 2 Chronicles 33:11–19 for the story …

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did , &c.] Both good and bad, for he repented, and was humbled, and …

Here is the doom of Judah and Jerusalem. The words used represent the city emptied and utterly desolate. Yet it was not destroyed by this; instead,…