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== A Wicked Reign ==

== A Wicked Reign ==

The [[Bible]] describes Manasseh in the worst light of all the kings of the [[Southern Kingdom]].<ref name=Spurgeon/><ref name=CCM>David Holt Boshert, Jr., and David Ettinger, [http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/kings/manasseh.htm <Manasseh King of Judah], Christ-Centered Mall. Retrieved May 26, 2007</ref> He rebuilt all the [[high place]]s that his father [[Hezekiah]] had made such an effort to destroy.<ref name=Spurgeon/> He built altars to [[Baal]] everywhere, even in the [[Temple of Jerusalem]] itself.<ref name=Spurgeon/> He carved an [[Asherah]] pole and also carved an image that he set up in the Temple.<ref name=Spurgeon/> Like his grandfather [[Jehoahaz I|Ahaz]],<ref name=Wood/> he burnt some of his own children alive as human sacrifices. He dabbled in [[astrology]], enchantment, witchcraft, and wizardry--all the black arts that previous kings of the [[House of David]] had abolished.<ref name=Kings/><ref name=Chronicler/>

The [[Bible]] describes Manasseh in the worst light of all the kings of the [[Southern Kingdom]].<ref name=Spurgeon/><ref name=CCM>David Holt Boshert, Jr., and David Ettinger, [http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/kings/manasseh.htm Manasseh King of Judah], Christ-Centered Mall. Retrieved May 26, 2007</ref> He rebuilt all the [[high place]]s that his father [[Hezekiah]] had made such an effort to destroy.<ref name=Spurgeon/> He built altars to [[Baal]] everywhere, even in the [[Temple of Jerusalem]] itself.<ref name=Spurgeon/> He carved an [[Asherah]] pole and also carved an image that he set up in the Temple.<ref name=Spurgeon/> Like his grandfather [[Jehoahaz I|Ahaz]],<ref name=Wood/> he burnt some of his own children alive as human sacrifices. He dabbled in [[astrology]], enchantment, witchcraft, and wizardry--all the black arts that previous kings of the [[House of David]] had abolished.<ref name=Kings/><ref name=Chronicler/>

Worse yet, he executed those who opposed him in these [[sin]]s.<ref name=Orr/> Allegedly this includes [[Isaiah (prophet)|Isaiah]], whom he is said to have executed by sawing him in sagittal section between two wooden planks.<ref name=Spurgeon/>

Worse yet, he executed those who opposed him in these [[sin]]s.<ref name=Orr/> Allegedly this includes [[Isaiah (prophet)|Isaiah]], whom he is said to have executed by sawing him in sagittal section between two wooden planks.<ref name=Spurgeon/>