Manasseh
Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse (surname), Manasse. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier * Jacob Manasseh (died 1832), Ottoman rabbi * Leonard Manasseh (1916–2017), British architect * Maurice Manasseh (born 1943), English cricketer Given name *Manasseh (tribal patriarch), first son of Joseph *Manasseh of Judah, king of Kingdom of Judah, Judah in the 7th century BC *Manasseh II, hypothetical Jewish ruler of the Khazars in the 9th century BC *Manasseh Azure, freelance journalist in Accra, Ghana *Manasseh Masseh Lopes (1755–1831), British politician *Manasseh Rundial, South Sudanese politician *Manasseh Sogavare (born 1955), Solomon Islands politician and Prime Minister Fictional characters *Manassseh da Costa, The King of Schnorrers See also

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Manasseh Of Judah
Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Mənaššé'', "Forgetter"; akk, 𒈨𒈾𒋛𒄿 ''Menasî'' 'me-na-si-i'' grc-gre, Μανασσῆς ''Manasses''; la, Manasses) was the fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the oldest of the sons of Hezekiah and his mother Hephzibah (). He became king at the age of 12 and reigned for 55 years (; ). The biblical account of Manasseh is found in and . He is also mentioned in Jeremiah 15:4, where the prophet Jeremiah predicts "four forms of destruction" for the people of Judah because of the evil done by Manasseh in Judah. Manasseh was the first king of Judah who was not contemporary with the northern kingdom of Israel, which had been destroyed by the Assyrians in c. 720 BC, with much of its population deported. He re-instituted polytheistic worship and reversed the religious changes made by his father Hezekiah, for which he is condemned by several biblical verses. He was married to Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, and they had ...
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