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MANASSEH (1)

ma-nas'-e (menashsheh, "causing to forget"; compare Genesis 41:51; Man(n)asse):

(1) The firstborn of Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On. See next article.

(2) The tribe named from Manasseh, half of which, with Gad and Reuben, occupied the East of Jordan (Numbers 27:1, etc.). See next article.

(3) The "Manasseh" of Judges 18:30, 31 the King James Version is really an intentional mistake for the name Moses. A small nun ("n"), a Hebrew letter, has been inserted over and between the first and second Hebrew letters in the word Moses, thus maNesheh for mosheh. The reason for this is that the individual in question is mentioned as priest of a brazen image at Dan. His proper name was Moses. It was felt to be a disgrace that such a one bearing that honored name should keep it intact. The insertion of the nun hides the disgrace and, moreover, gives to the person a name already too familiar with idolatrous practices; for King Manasseh's 55 years of sovereignty were thus disgraced.

(4) King of Judah. See separate article.

(5) Son of PAHATH-MOAB (which see), who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:30). Manaseas in 1 Esdras 9:31.

(6) The Manasses of 1 Esdras 9:33. A layman of the family of Hashum, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra's order (Ezra 10:33).

In the Revised Version (British and American) of Matthew 1:10 and Revelation 7:6 the spelling "Manasseh" is given for the King James Version "Manasses." The latter is the spelling of the husband of Judith (Judith 8:2, 7; 10:03; 16:22, 23, 24); of a person named in the last words of Tobit and otherwise unknown (Tobit 14:10), and also the name given to a remarkable prayer probably referred to in 2 Chronicles 33:18, which Manasseh (4) is said to have uttered at the end of his long, unsatisfactory life. See MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF. In Judges 12:4, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "Manasseh" for the King James Version "Manassites."

Henry Wallace

MANASSEH (2)

1. Son of Joseph:

Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Genesis 41:51). The birth of a son marked the climax of Joseph's happiness after the long bitterness of his experience. In the joy of the moment, the dark years past could be forgotten; therefore he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh ("causing to forget"), for, said he, God hath made me to forget all my toil. When Jacob was near his end, Joseph brought his two sons to his father who blessed them. Himself the younger son who had received the blessing of the firstborn, Jacob preferred Ephraim, the second son of Joseph, to Manasseh his elder brother, thus indicating the relative positions of their descendants (Genesis 48). Before Joseph died he saw the children of Machir the son of Manasseh (Genesis 50:23). Machir was born to Manasseh by his concubine, an Aramitess (1 Chronicles 7:14). Whether he married Maacah before leaving for Egypt is not said. She was the sister of Huppim and Shuppim. Of Manasseh's personal life no details are recorded in Scripture. Acccording to Jewish tradition he became steward of his father's house, and acted as interpreter between Joseph and his brethren.

2. The Tribes in the Wilderness and Portion in Palestine:

At the beginning of the desert march the number of Manasseh's men of war is given at 32,200 (Numbers 1:34 f). At the 2nd census they had increased to 52,700 (Numbers 26:34). Their position in the wilderness was with the tribe of Benjamin, by the standard of the tribe of Ephraim, on the West of the tabernacle. According to Targum Pseudojon, the standard was the figure of a boy, with the inscription "The cloud of Yahweh rested on them until they went forth out of the camp." At Sinai the prince of the tribe was Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur (Numbers 2:20). The tribe was represented among the spies by Gaddi, son of Susi (Numbers 13:11, where the name "tribe of Joseph" seems to be used as an alternative). At the census in the plains of Moab, Manasseh is named before Ephraim, and appears as much the stronger tribe (Numbers 26:28). The main military exploits in the conquest of Eastern Palestine were performed by Manassites. Machir, son of Manasseh, conquered the Amorites and Gilead (Numbers 32:39). Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob, containing three score cities; these he called by his own name, "Havvoth-jair" (Numbers 32:41 Deuteronomy 3:4, 14). Nobah captured Kenath and the villages thereof (Numbers 32:42 Joshua 17:1, 5). Land for half the tribe was thus provided, their territory stretching from the northern boundary of Gad to an undetermined frontier in the North, marching with Geshur and Maacah on the West, and with the desert on the East. The warriors of this half-tribe passed over with those of Reuben and Gad before the host of Israel, and took their share in the conquest of Western Palestine (Joshua 22). They helped to raise the great altar in the Jordan valley, which so nearly led to disastrous consequences (Joshua 22:10). Golan, the city of refuge, lay within their territory.

The possession of Ephraim and Manasseh West of the Jordan appears to have been undivided at first (Joshua 17:16). The portion which ultimately fell to Manasseh marched with Ephraim on the South, with Asher and Issachar on the North, running out to the sea on the West, and falling into the Jordan valley on the East (Joshua 17:7). The long dwindling slopes to westward and the fiat reaches of the plain included much excellent soil. Within the territory of Issachar and Asher, Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, with their villages, were assigned to Manasseh. Perhaps the men of the West lacked the energy and enterprise of their eastern brethren. They failed, in any case, to expel the Canaanites from these cities, and for long this grim chain of fortresses seemed to mock the strength of Israel (Joshua 17:11)

Ten cities West of the Jordan, in the portion of Manasseh, were given to the Levites, and 13 in the eastern portion (Joshua 21:5, 6).

Manasseh took part in the glorious conflict with the host of Sisera (Judges 5:14). Two famous judges, Gideon and Jephthah, belonged to this tribe. The men of the half-tribe East of Jordan were noted for skill and valor as warriors (1 Chronicles 5:18, 23 f). Some men of Manasseh had joined David before the battle of Gilboa (1 Chronicles 12:19).

3. Its Place in Later History:

Others, all mighty men of valor, and captains in the host, fell to him on the way to Ziklag, and helped him against the band of rovers (1 Chronicles 12:20). From the half-tribe West of the Jordan 18,000 men, expressed by name, came to David at Hebron to make him king (1 Chronicles 12:31); while those who came from the East numbered, along with the men of Reuben and Gad, 120,000 (1 Chronicles 12:37). David organized the eastern tribes under 2,700 overseers for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king (1 Chronicles 26:32). The rulers of Manasseh were, in the West, Joel, son of Pedaiah, and in the East, Iddo, son of Zechariah (1 Chronicles 27:20, 21). Divers of Manasseh humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem at the invitation of Hezekiah to celebrate the Passover (2 Chronicles 30:11). Although not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary, they ate the Passover. Pardon was successfully sought for them by the king, because they set their hearts to seek God (2 Chronicles 30:18).

Of the eastern half-tribe it is said that they went a-whoring after the gods of the land, and in consequence they were overwhelmed and expatriated by Pul and Tiglath-pileser, kings of Assyria (1 Chronicles 5:25 f). Reference to the idolatries of the western half-tribe are also found in 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Chronicles 34:6.

There is a portion for Manasseh in Ezekiel's ideal picture (Ezekiel 48:4), and the tribe appears in the list in Re (7:6). The genealogies in Joshua 17:1;; Numbers 26:28-34 1 Chronicles 2:21-23; 1 Chronicles 7:14-19 have fallen into confusion. As they stand, they are mutually contradictory, and it is impossible to harmonize them.

The theories of certain modern scholars who reject the Biblical account are themselves beset with difficulties: e.g. the name is derived from the Arabic, nasa, "to injure a tendon of the leg." Manasseh, the Piel part., would thus be the name of a supernatural being, of whom the infliction of such an injury was characteristic. It is not clear which of the wrestlers at the Jabbok suffered the injury. As Jacob is said to have prevailed with gods and men, the suggestion is that it was his antagonist who was lamed. "It would appear therefore that in the original story the epithet Manasseh was a fitting title of Jacob himself, which might be borne by his worshippers, as in the case of Gad" (EB, under the word, par. 4).

It is assumed that the mention of Machir in Judges 5:14 definitely locates the Manassites at that time on the West of the Jordan. The raids by members of the tribe on Eastern Palestine must therefore have taken place long after the days of Moses. The reasoning is precarious. After the mention of Reuben (5:15, 16), Gilead (5:17) may refer to Gad. It would be strange if this warlike tribe were passed over (Guthe). Machir, then probably the strongest clan, stands for the whole tribe, and may be supposed to indicate particularly the noted fighters of the eastern half.

In dealing with the genealogies, "the difficult name" Zelophehad must be got rid of. Among the suggestions made is one by Dr. Cheyne, which first supposes the existence of a name Salhad, and then makes Zelophehad a corruption of this.

The genealogies certainly present difficulties, but otherwise the narrative is intelligible and self-consistent without resort to such questionable expedients as those referred to above.

W. Ewing

MANASSEH (3)

A king of Judah, son and successor of Hezekiah; reigned 55 years (2 Kings 21:1 2 Chronicles 33:1), from circa 685 onward. His was one of the few royal names not compounded with the name of Yahweh (his son Amon's was the only other if, as an Assyrian inscription gives it, the full name of Ahaz was Jehoahaz or Ahaziah); but it was no heathen name like Amon, but identical with that of the elder son of Joseph. Born within Hezekiah's added 15 years, years of trembling faith and tender hope (compare Isaiah 38:15), his name may perhaps memorialize the father's sacred feelings; the name of his mother Hephzibah too was used long afterward as the symbol of the happy union of the land with its loyal sons (Isaiah 62:4). All this, however, was long forgotten in the memory of Manasseh's apostate career.

I. Sources of His Life.

The history (2 Kings 1-18) refers for "the rest of his acts" to "the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah," but the body of the account, instead of reading like state annals, is almost entirely a censure of his idolatrous reign in the spirit of the prophets and of the Deuteronomic strain of literature. The parallel history (2 Chronicles 33:1-20) puts "the rest of his acts" "among the acts of the kings of Israel," and mentions his prayer (a prayer ascribed to him is in the Apocrypha) and "the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of Yahweh." This history of Chronicles mentions his captive journey to Babylon and his repentance (2 Chronicles 33:10-13), also his building operations in Jerusalem and his resumption of Yahweh-worship (2 Chronicles 33:14-17), which the earlier source lacks. From these sources, which it is not the business of this article either to verify or question, the estimate of his reign is to be deduced.

II. Character of His Reign.

1. Political Situation:

During his reign, Assyria, principally under Esar-haddon and Assur-banipal, was at the height of its arrogance and power; and his long reign was the peaceful and uneventful life of a willing vassal, contented to count as tributary king in an illustrious world-empire, hospitable to all its religious and cultural ideas, and ready to take his part in its military and other enterprises. The two mentions of his name in Assyrian inscriptions (see G.A. Smith, Jerusalem, II, 182) both represent him in this tributary light. His journey to Babylon mentioned in 2 Chronicles 33:11 need not have been the penalty of rebellion; more likely it was such an enforced act of allegiance as was perhaps imposed on all provincial rulers who had incurred or would avert suspicion of disloyalty. Nor was his fortification of Jerusalem after his return less necessary against domestic than foreign aggression; the more so, indeed, as in so long and undisturbed a reign his capital, which was now practically synonymous with his realm (Esar-haddon calls him "king of the city of Judah"), became increasingly an important center of wealth and commercial prosperity. Of the specific events of his reign, however, other than religious, less is known than of almost any other.

2. Reactionary Idolatry:

That the wholesale idolatry by which his reign is mainly distinguished was of a reactionary and indeed conservative nature may be understood alike from what it sought to maintain and from what it had to react against. On the one side was the tremendous wave of ritual and mechanical heathen cults which, proceeding from the world-centers of culture and civilization (compare Isaiah 2:6-8), was drawing all the tributary lands, Judah with the rest, into its almost irresistible sweep. Manasseh, it would seem, met this not in the temper of an amateur, as had his grandfather Ahaz, but in the temper of a fanatic. Everything old and new that came to his purview was of momentous religious value-except only the simple and austere demands of prophetic insight. He restored the debasing cults of the aboriginal Nature-worship which his father had suppressed, thus making Judah revert to the sterile Baal-cults of Ahab; but his blind credence in the black arts so prevalent in all the surrounding nations, imported the elaborate worship of the heavenly bodies from Babylon, invading even the temple-courts with its numerous rites and altars; even went to the horrid extreme of human sacrifice, making an institution of what Ahaz had tried as a desperate expedient. All this, which to the matured prophetic sense was headlong wickedness, was the mark of a desperately earnest soul, seeking blindly in this wholesale way to propitiate the mysterious Divine powers, his nation's God among them, who seemed so to have the world's affairs in their inscrutable control. On the other side, there confronted him the prophetic voice of a religion which decried all insincere ritual (`wickedness and worship,' Isaiah 1:13), made straight demands on heart and conscience, and had already vindicated itself in the faith which had wrought the deliverance of 701. It was the fight of the decadent formal against the uprising spiritual; and, as in all such struggles, it would grasp at any expedient save the one plain duty of yielding the heart to repentance and trust.

3. Persecution:

Meanwhile, the saving intelligence and integrity of Israel, though still the secret of the lowly, was making itself felt in the spiritual movement that Isaiah had labored to promote; through the permeating influence of literature and education the "remnant" was becoming a power to be reckoned with. It is in the nature of things that such an innovating movement must encounter persecution; the significant thing is that already there was so much to persecute. Persecution is as truly the offspring of fear as of fanaticism. Manasseh's persecution of the prophets and their adherents (tradition has it that the aged Isaiah was one of his victims) was from their point of view an enormity of wickedness. To us the analysis is not quite so simple; it looks also like the antipathy of an inveterate formal order to a vital movement that it cannot understand. The vested interests of almost universal heathenism must needs die hard, and "much innocent blood" was its desperate price before it would yield the upper hand. To say this of Manasseh's murderous zeal is not to justify it; it is merely to concede its sadly mistaken sincerity. It may well have seemed to him that a nation's piety was at stake, as if a world's religious culture were in peril.

4. Return to Better Mind:

The Chronicler, less austere in tone than the earlier historian, preserves for us the story that, like Saul of Tarsus after him, Manasseh got his eyes open to the truer meaning of things; that after his humiliation and repentance in Babylon he "knew that Yahweh he was God" (2 Chronicles 33:10-13). He had the opportunity to see a despotic idolatry, its evils with its splendors, in its own home; a first-fruit of the thing that the Hebrew exiles were afterward to realize. On his return, accordingly, he removed the altars that had encroached upon the sacred precincts of the temple, and restored the ritual of the Yahweh-service, without, however, removing the high places. It would seem to have been merely the concession of Yahweh's right to a specific cult of His own, with perhaps a mitigation of the more offensive extremes of exotic worship, while the toleration of the various fashionable forms remained much as before. But this in itself was something, was much; it gave Yahweh His chance, so to say, among rivals; and the growing spiritual fiber of the heart of Israel could be trusted to do the rest. It helps us also the better to understand the situation when, only two years after Manasseh's death, Josiah came to the throne, and to understand why he and his people were so ready to accept the religious sanity of the Deuteronomic law. He did not succeed, after all, in committing his nation to the wholesale sway of heathenism. Manasseh's reactionary reign was indeed not without its good fruits; the crisis of religious syncretism and externalism was met and passed.

John Franklin Genung

Greek

3128. Manasses -- Manasseh, an Israelite
... Manasseh, an Israelite. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Manasses
Phonetic Spelling: (man-as-sace') Short Definition: Manasseh Definition ...
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301. Amos -- Amos, an Israelite ancestor of Christ
... of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Amos Phonetic Spelling:
(am-oce') Short Definition: Amos Definition: Amos, son of Manasseh and father of ...
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1478. Hezekias -- Hezekiah, a king of Judah
... Transliteration: Hezekias Phonetic Spelling: (ed-zek-ee'-as) Short Definition: Hezekiah
Definition: Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, father of Manasseh, and king of ...
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300. Amon -- Amon, a king of Judah
... Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Amon Phonetic Spelling: (am-one')
Short Definition: Amon Definition: Amon (Amos), son of Manasseh and father ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1203. Beeshterah -- perhaps "house of Ashtoreth," a Levitical city ...
... perhaps "house of Ashtoreth," a Levitical city in Manasseh. Transliteration: Beeshterah
Phonetic Spelling: (beh-esh-ter-aw') Short Definition: Be-eshterah. ...
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5874. En-dor -- "spring of dwelling," a town in Manasseh
... "spring of dwelling," a town in Manasseh. Transliteration: En-dor or En Dor or
En-dor Phonetic Spelling: (ane-dore') Short Definition: En-dor. ...
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379. Ishhod -- "man of majesty," a man of Manasseh
... 378, 379. Ishhod. 380 . "man of majesty," a man of Manasseh. Transliteration:
Ishhod Phonetic Spelling: (eesh-hode') Short Definition: Ishhod. ...
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1052. Beth Shean -- "place of quiet," a place in Manasseh, West of ...
... "place of quiet," a place in Manasseh, West of the Jordan. Transliteration: Beth
Shean Phonetic Spelling: (bayth she-awn') Short Definition: Beth-shean. ...
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7071. Qanah -- a wadi between Ephraim and Manasseh, also a city in ...
... Qanah. 7072 . a wadi between Ephraim and Manasseh, also a city in Asher.
Transliteration: Qanah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-naw') Short Definition: Kanah. ...
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1474. Golan -- a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh
... 1473, 1474. Golan. 1475 . a city and a region East of the Jordan in Manasseh.
Transliteration: Golan Phonetic Spelling: (go-lawn') Short Definition: Golan. ...
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8061. Shemida -- "name of knowing," a man of Manasseh
... Shemida. 8062 . "name of knowing," a man of Manasseh. Transliteration: Shemida
Phonetic Spelling: (shem-ee-daw') Short Definition: Shemida. Word Origin appar. ...
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6765. Tselophchad -- a man of Manasseh
... 6764, 6765. Tselophchad. 6766 . a man of Manasseh. Transliteration: Tselophchad
Phonetic Spelling: (tsel-of-chawd') Short Definition: Zelophehad. ...
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5270. Noah -- a woman of Manasseh
... 5269, 5270. Noah. 5271 . a woman of Manasseh. Transliteration: Noah Phonetic
Spelling: (no-aw') Short Definition: Noah. Word Origin ...
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7928. Shekem -- a man of Manasseh
... 7927, 7928. Shekem. 7929 . a man of Manasseh. Transliteration: Shekem
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-kem) Short Definition: Shechem. ...
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Library

Manasseh
... MANASSEH. BY REV. ... "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.""2 Chronicles 33.l. ...
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Manasseh
... Manasseh. A Sermon No.105. ... REV. CH SPURGEON. at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
"Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.""2:Chron.33:13. ...
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Manasseh and Josiah
... National Retribution Chapter 32 Manasseh and Josiah. The kingdom of Judah,
prosperous throughout the times of Hezekiah, was once ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 32 manasseh and josiah.htm

Manasseh's Sin and Repentance
... THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE. ... And the Lord spake
to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.11. ...
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Concerning Sanballat and Manasseh, and the Temple which they Built ...
... CHAPTER 8. Concerning Sanballat And Manasseh, And The Temple Which They Built On
Mount Gerizzim; As Also How Alexander Made His Entry Into The City Jerusalem ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 concerning sanballat and.htm

How Manasseh Reigned after Hezekiah; and How when He was in ...
... CHAPTER 3. How Manasseh Reigned After Hezekiah; And How When He Was In Captivity
He Returned To God And Was Restored To His Kingdom And Left It To [His Son ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 how manasseh reigned.htm

How Amon Reigned Instead of Manasseh; and after Amon Reigned ...
... CHAPTER 4. How Amon Reigned Instead Of Manasseh; And After Amon Reigned Josiah;
He Was Both Righteous And Religious. As Also Concerning Huldah The Prophetess. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how amon reigned.htm

How it is Said that Jacob Went into Egypt with Seventy-Five Souls ...
... Now since, Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, could not even have children,
for Jacob found them boys under nine years old when he entered Egypt, in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 40 how it is said.htm

Christians, and not Jews, the Heirs of the Covenant.
... Joseph, saying, "Behold, the Lord hath not deprived me of thy presence; bring thy
sons to me, that I may bless them." [1633] And he brought Manasseh and Ephraim ...
/.../barnabas/the epistle of barnabas /chapter xiii christians and not jews.htm

The Story of Gideon and his Three Hundred Soldiers
... the tribes. The two tribes that suffered the hardest fate were Ephraim,
and the part of Manasseh on the west of Jordan. For seven ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of gideon and.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Manasseh

forgetfulness; he that is forgotten

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Manasseh

(forgetting), the eldest son of Joseph, (Genesis 41:51; 46:20) born 1715-10 B.C. Both he and Ephraim were born before the commencement of the famine. He was placed after his younger brother, Ephraim, by his grandfather Jacob, when he adopted them into his own family, and made them heads of tribes. Whether the elder of the two sons was inferior in form or promise to the younger, or whether there was any external reason to justify the preference of Jacob, we are not told. In the division of the promised land half of the tribe of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan in the district embracing the hills of Gilead with their inaccessible heights and impassable ravines, and the almost impregnable tract of Argob. (Joshua 13:29-33) Here they throve exceedingly, pushing their way northward over the rich plains of Jaulan and Jedur to the foot of Mount Hermon. (1 Chronicles 5:23) But they gradually assimilated themselves with the old inhabitants of the country, and on them descended the punishment which was ordained to he the inevitable consequence of such misdoing. They, first of all Israel, were carried away by Pul and Tiglath-pileser, and settled in the Assyrian territories. (1 Chronicles 5:25,26) The other half tribe settled to the west of the Jordan, north of Ephraim. (Joshua 17:1) ... For further particulars see EPHRAIM, EPHRAIM.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Manasseh

1. The eldest son of Joseph, born in Egypt. His descendants constituted a full tribe. This was divided in the promised land: one part having settled east of the Jordan, in the country of Bashan, from the river Jabbok northwards; and the other west of the Jordan, between Ephraim and Issachar, extending from the Jordan to the Mediterranean. It was far inferior to Ephraim in wealth and power, according to the prediction of Jacob, Genesis 41:50,51 48:1-22 Joshua 16:10.

2. The son and impious successor of the good Hezekiah, king of Judah. He began to reign at twelve years old, B. C. 698, and reigned fifty-five years. For his shocking idolatries, tyranny, and cruelties, God suffered him to be carried as a prisoner to Babylon in the twenty-second year of his reign, probably by Esarhaddon king of Assyria. Here, however, he so humbled himself that God moved the Assyrians to restore him to his throne, as a tributary; and thenceforth he set himself to undo the evil he had done. He abolished the idols he had worshipped and the diviners he had consulted; accomplished many reforms for the spiritual and material good of his kingdom; repaired the defenses of Jerusalem, enclosing with Ophel on the southeast; and strengthened the walled cities of Judah. After a reign longer than that of any other king of Judah, he died in peace and was buried in Jerusalem, 2 Kings 21:1-26 2 Chronicles 33:24.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Who makes to forget. "God hath made me forget" (Hebrews nashshani), Genesis 41:51.

(1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1). There is an account of his marriage to a Syrian (1 Chronicles 7:14); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is, that his grandchildren were "brought up upon Joseph's knees" (Genesis 50:23; R.V., "born upon Joseph's knees") i.e., were from their birth adopted by Joseph as his own children.

The tribe of Manasseh was associated with that of Ephraim and Benjamin during the wanderings in the wilderness. They encamped on the west side of the tabernacle. According to the census taken at Sinai, this tribe then numbered 32,200 (Numbers 1:10, 35; 2:20, 21). Forty years afterwards its numbers had increased to 52,700 (26:34, 37), and it was at this time the most distinguished of all the tribes.

The half of this tribe, along with Reuben and Gad, had their territory assigned them by Moses on the east of the Jordan (Joshua 13:7-14); but it was left for Joshua to define the limits of each tribe. This territory on the east of Jordan was more valuable and of larger extent than all that was allotted to the nine and a half tribes in the land of Palestine. It is sometimes called "the land of Gilead," and is also spoken of as "on the other side of Jordan." The portion given to the half tribe of Manasseh was the largest on the east of Jordan. It embraced the whole of Bashan. It was bounded on the south by Mahanaim, and extended north to the foot of Lebanon. Argob, with its sixty cities, that "ocean of basaltic rocks and boulders tossed about in the wildest confusion," lay in the midst of this territory.

The whole "land of Gilead" having been conquered, the two and a half tribes left their wives and families in the fortified cities there, and accompanied the other tribes across the Jordan, and took part with them in the wars of conquest. The allotment of the land having been completed, Joshua dismissed the two and a half tribes, commending them for their heroic service (Joshua 22:1-34). Thus dismissed, they returned over Jordan to their own inheritance. (see ED.)

On the west of Jordan the other half of the tribe of Manasseh was associated with Ephraim, and they had their portion in the very centre of Palestine, an area of about 1,300 square miles, the most valuable part of the whole country, abounding in springs of water. Manasseh's portion was immediately to the north of that of Ephraim (Joshua 16). Thus the western Manasseh defended the passes of Esdraelon as the eastern kept the passes of the Hauran.

(2.) The only son and successor of Hezekiah on the throne of Judah. He was twelve years old when he began to reign (2 Kings 21:1), and he reigned fifty-five years (B.C. 698-643). Though he reigned so long, yet comparatively little is known of this king. His reign was a continuation of that of Ahaz, both in religion and national polity. He early fell under the influence of the heathen court circle, and his reign was characterized by a sad relapse into idolatry with all its vices, showing that the reformation under his father had been to a large extent only superficial (Isaiah 7:10; 2 Kings 21:10-15). A systematic and persistent attempt was made, and all too successfully, to banish the worship of Jehovah out of the land. Amid this wide-spread idolatry there were not wanting, however, faithful prophets (Isaiah, Micah) who lifted up their voice in reproof and in warning. But their fidelity only aroused bitter hatred, and a period of cruel persecution against all the friends of the old religion began. "The days of Alva in Holland, of Charles IX. in France, or of the Covenanters under Charles II. in Scotland, were anticipated in the Jewish capital. The streets were red with blood." There is an old Jewish tradition that Isaiah was put to death at this time (2 Kings 21:16; 24:3, 4; Jeremiah 2:30), having been sawn asunder in the trunk of a tree. Psalms 49, 73, 77, 140, and 141 seem to express the feelings of the pious amid the fiery trials of this great persecution. Manasseh has been called the "Nero of Palestine."

Esarhaddon, Sennacherib's successor on the Assyrian throne, who had his residence in Babylon for thirteen years (the only Assyrian monarch who ever reigned in Babylon), took Manasseh prisoner (B.C. 681) to Babylon. Such captive kings were usually treated with great cruelty. They were brought before the conqueror with a hook or ring passed through their lips or their jaws, having a cord attached to it, by which they were led. This is referred to in 2 Chronicles 33:11, where the Authorized Version reads that Esarhaddon "took Manasseh among the thorns;" while the Revised Version renders the words, "took Manasseh in chains;" or literally, as in the margin, "with hooks." (Comp. 2 Kings 19:28.)

The severity of Manasseh's imprisonment brought him to repentance. God heard his cry, and he was restored to his kingdom (2 Chronicles 33:11-13). He abandoned his idolatrous ways, and enjoined the people to worship Jehovah; but there was no thorough reformation. After a lengthened reign extending through fifty-five years, the longest in the history of Judah, he died, and was buried in the garden of Uzza, the "garden of his own house" (2 Kings 21:17, 18; 2 Chronicles 33:20), and not in the city of David, among his ancestors. He was succeeded by his son Amon.

In Judges 18:30 the correct reading is "Moses," and not "Manasseh." The name "Manasseh" is supposed to have been introduced by some transcriber to avoid the scandal of naming the grandson of Moses the great lawgiver as the founder of an idolatrous religion.

Thesaurus

Manasseh (140 Occurrences)
... own children. The tribe of Manasseh was associated with that of Ephraim
and Benjamin during the wanderings in the wilderness. They ...
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Manasseh's (9 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Manasseh's (9 Occurrences). ... He held up his father's
hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. ...
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Makir (17 Occurrences)
... Genesis 50:23 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children
also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees. (See NIV). ...
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Machir (20 Occurrences)
... Sold. (1.) Manasseh's oldest son (Joshua 17:1), or probably his only son (see
1 Chronicles 7:14, 15; Comp. Numbers 26:29-33; Joshua 13:31). ...
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Manas'sites (10 Occurrences)
... Joshua 13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; and it
was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families. ...
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Ephraim's (14 Occurrences)
... Genesis 48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head,
who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands ...
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Pedahzur (5 Occurrences)
... Rock of redemption, the father of Gamaliel and prince of Manasseh at the time of
the Exodus (Numbers 1:10; 2:20). ... Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ...
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Amon (20 Occurrences)
... The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles
18:25). (2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. ... See MANASSEH. ...
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Gadites (32 Occurrences)
... Joshua 1:12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the
half-tribe of Manasseh, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Jair (14 Occurrences)
... ja'-er: (1) Jair (ya'ir, "he enlightens" or "one giving light"): (a) Son, ie descendant
of Manasseh (Numbers 32:41 Deuteronomy 3:14 Joshua 13:30 1 Kings 4:13 1 ...
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Bible Concordance

Manasseh (140 Occurrences)

Matthew 1:10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS NIV)

Revelation 7:6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 41:51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 46:20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:1 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying,'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 50:23 Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 1:10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 1:35 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 2:20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 7:54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 10:23 Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur was over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:34 These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 27:1 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 32:33 Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it with their borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 32:39 The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 32:40 Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 32:41 Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth Jair.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 34:14 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 34:23 Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 36:1 The heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 36:12 They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 3:13 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, to this day.)
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:43 The names of the towns were Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for Manasseh.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
(KJV BBE WBS YLT NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:17 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 34:2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 1:12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 4:12 The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 12:6 Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them. Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:
(See NIV)

Joshua 13:29 Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:31 Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 16:4 The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 16:9 together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Joshua 17:1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:2 So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:5 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:9 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:11 Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Joshua 17:17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 18:7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 20:8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 21:5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 21:6 The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 21:25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 21:27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:10 When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:11 The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Joshua 22:13 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:30 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, "Today we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 1:27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor of Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 6:15 He said to him, "Oh, Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 6:35 He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 7:23 The men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 11:29 Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh."
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
(KJV JPS WBS YLT NAS)

1 Kings 4:13 Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 20:21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Kings 21:9 But they didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
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2 Kings 21:11 "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;
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2 Kings 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
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2 Kings 21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 21:18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 21:20 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father.
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2 Kings 23:12 The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
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2 Kings 23:26 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
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2 Kings 24:3 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
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1 Chronicles 3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
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1 Chronicles 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
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1 Chronicles 5:23 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.
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1 Chronicles 5:26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
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1 Chronicles 6:61 To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
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1 Chronicles 6:62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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Subtopics

Iconoclasm: Destroyed by Manasseh

Manasseh

Manasseh: (Moses, RV) Father of Gershom

Manasseh: King of Judah: History of

Manasseh: Son of Joseph and Asenath

Manasseh: Son of Joseph and Asenath: Adopted by Jacob on his Deathbed

Manasseh: Son of Joseph and Asenath: Called Manasses

Manasseh: Two Jews Who Put Away (Divorced) Their Gentile Wives After the Captivity

Manasseh:: Adopted by Jacob

Manasseh:: Affiliate With the Jews in the Reign of Hezekiah

Manasseh:: Blessing or Moses On