Manasseh had two notable things that characterised his rule as outlined in II Kings 21. 1) He ascended the throne as a teenager and went on to become Israel's longest serving king. 2) He turned out to be one of the vilest individuals in the chronology of Israel's godless leaders. Manasseh desecrated the temple and led the nation in worshipping Molech who required child sacrifice, Ashera the fertility god whose veneration comprised disgusting sexual perversions and dabbled in astrology among other forbidden things. In addition he committed murder at a scale never seen before and had spiritists, mediums and sorcerers as advisors. As a result of his sins with which he led the nation astray, God determined to destroy the Jewish nation. Eventually they were exiled to Babylon. Manasseh himself was captured by Assyrian commanders who tortured and humiliated him by dragging him into exile with hooks pierced through his nose. Here was a man condemned to pain and death for h