And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
Manasseh's building of altars in the house of the Lord was a daring defiance in which he set aside the statutes given through Moses. The defiance touched especially the statutes in the book of the covenant in Deuteronomy. Observance of those statutes had made Hezekiah's reign prosperous. During Manasseh's reign the temple copy of the book of the law was lost through careless neglect. For many years afterward the people generally were left without its instruction.
Manasseh's building of altars in the house of the Lord was a daring defiance in which he set aside the statutes given through Moses. The defiance touched especially the statutes in the book of the covenant in Deuteronomy. Observance of those statutes had made Hezekiah's reign prosperous. During Manasseh's reign the temple copy of the book of the law was lost through careless neglect. For many years afterward the people generally were left without its instruction.