Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he filled Jerusalem {from one end to another}, apart from his sin which he caused Judah to sin by doing evil in the eyes of Yahweh.

Then Sennacherib king of Assyria set out and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.

They set up for themselves stone pillars and poles of Asherah worship on every high hill and under every green tree.

He heard about Tirhakah, the king of Cush, saying, "Look, he has set out to fight with you," so he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,