Spiritual Decline Under Manasseh
“Under Hezekiah’s conscientious leadership, Judah has experienced a spiritual revival, but every generation must determine its own commitment. Whether it is because Hezekiah was so busy leading his nation to God that he neglected his own children, or because his son, at the age of 12, takes the reins of power at far too early an age, the sad fact is that Manasseh turns the people from God back to idolatry and other pagan practices.”
Read: 2 Kings 20:21 & 21:1-16, 2 Chronicles 32:33 & 33:1-9
All quotations taken from The Daily Bible.