2Ch 33:1-10, Job 21:13-15, 22:17-18, Psa 10:4-6, 73:27, Pro 27:8 | ESV | STEP | Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign , and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem .

1 ^aManasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to ^bthe abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high places ^cthat his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made ^dAsheroth, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ^e“In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.” 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in ^fthe two courts of the house of the Lord. 6 ^gAnd he burned his sons as an offering ^hin the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and ⁱused fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with ^jmediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. 7 And ^kthe carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, ^lI will put my name forever, 8 and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land ^mthat I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses.” 9 Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.

Manasseh’s Repentance

10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention.

Job 21:13-15

13 They ⁿspend their days in prosperity,
and in ^opeace they go down to ^pSheol.
14 They say to God, ^q‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 ^rWhat is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what ^sprofit do we get if we pray to him?’

Job 22:17-18

17 They said to God, ^t‘Depart from us,’
and ^u‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ ^{▼▼Hebrew them}
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but ^wthe counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Psalms 10:4-6

4 In the pride of his face ^{▼▼Or of his anger} the wicked does not ^yseek him; ^{▼▼Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”}
all his thoughts are, ^aa“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, ^about of his sight;
as for all his foes, he ^acpuffs at them.
6 He ^adsays in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I ^aeshall not meet adversity.”

Psalms 73:27

27 For behold, those who are ^affar from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is ^agunfaithful to you.

Proverbs 27:8

8 Like ^aha bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.