2Ch 33:1-2, Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. BUT HE DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, …
His father Hezekiah was sick and near death and the LORD told him, via Isaiah, that he was going to die! It was his time! 2Ki 20:1. YET he pleaded and cried to the LORD and the LORD extended his life 15 years longer!
2Ki 20:6, AND I WILL ADD TO YOUR DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS….
During the last 15 years of his life he begot Manasseh, a wicked king! THE LORD HAS A BETTER PLAN FOR US, YET MOST OF THE TIME WE PRAY IN IGNORANCE; WHEN HE SAYS ‘NO’ TO OUR PRAYERS IS FOR OUR BENEFIT EVEN IF WE DON’T SEE IT!
2CH 33: 6, 10, ALSO HE CAUSED HIS SONS TO PASS THROUGH THE FIRE IN THE VALLEY OF THE SON OF HINNOM; HE PRACTICED SOOTHSAYING, USED WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY, AND CONSULTED MEDIUMS AND SPIRITISTS. HE DID MUCH EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, TO PROVOKE HIM TO ANGER. And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN.
The sad thing is today this would be considered normal behavior; killing children in the womb, consulting mediums doing evil before the LORD! YET, HE sends HIS messengers to teach the WORD of GOD and it’s rejected by them!
2Ch 33:11-12, Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, WHO TOOK MANASSEH WITH HOOKS, BOUND HIM WITH BRONZE FETTERS, AND CARRIED HIM OFF TO BABYLON. Now when he was in affliction, HE IMPLORED THE LORD HIS GOD, AND HUMBLED HIMSELF GREATLY BEFORE THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS,
Hos 5:15, I will return again to My place TILL THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR OFFENSE. THEN THEY WILL SEEK MY FACE; IN THEIR AFFLICTION THEY WILL EARNESTLY SEEK ME.”
2Ch 33:13, …THEN MANASSEH KNEW THAT THE LORD WAS GOD.
THE LORD HAS HIS WAYS TO TURN EVEN THE MOST PEOPLE WICKED BACK TO HIM!
1Jn 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.