One king that rules 55 years - part 1

Chapter 21 in 2 Kings start like this:

" בֶּן-שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה, מְנַשֶּׁה בְמָלְכוֹ, וַחֲמִשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה, מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם; וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ, חֶפְצִי-בָהּ. וַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע, בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה--כְּתוֹעֲבֹת, הַגּוֹיִם, אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה, מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

"Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the nations, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel"

One of the best questions that a man can ask is why. This question gives us, the people of the world the opportunity to understand that the curiosity still exist in our crazy world. If why is the best question that a man can ask, all the more so in a religious context. Today we will speak about Manasseh

This is a king that has done a lot of sins in his life, maybe the worst sins ever. He put a statue of the god Astarte in the temple- this is the place that you should serve The Lord and nothing but The Lord. He killed a lot of people in Jerusalem that the bible said that Jerusalem was full of blood from end to end.

Manasseh was a king that if you had to give him a grade the grade was the most negative to you can imagine- a big F. and still the question remains- why did he reigned more time then David and Solomon- why?

Main phrases of the post + transcription + translation

Hebrew       Transcription    Translation
מְנַשֶּׁה            menaššeh      Manasseh
מִפֶּה אֶל פֶּה     Mippe 'el peh  From end to end
אֲשֵׁרָה             'ăšerāh          Astarte
קַל וָחֹמֶר        Qal wāhōmer    All the more so

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