Manasseh, unlike his reformer father, is, according …
Years: 681BCE - 670BCE
Manasseh, unlike his reformer father, is, according to the Hebrew Bible, an apostate king who stills any prophetic outcries, reintroduces Canaanite religious practices and even offers his son as a human sacrificial victim.
Soothsaying, augury, sorcery and necromancy are also reintroduced by Manasseh. (The Deuteronomic historian also notes that many innocent persons were killed during his reign.)
