Passage

Manasseh leads Judah astray

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁹Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:9World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Manasseh’s actions draw Judah and Jerusalem into evil.

To understand

The account compares their conduct with that of the nations the Lord destroyed. It also records that the Lord spoke and they did not listen.

A question

Who else is drawn into Manasseh’s wrongdoing?