Manasseh (sometimes spelled Manasses) was one of the kings of Judah. God allowed the Assyrians to attack Judah because of Manasseh’s apostasy. Manasseh was taken in shackles to Babylon. II Chronicles 33:12 reads: “While he was in distress he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD indeed was God.”