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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Manasseh (Joseph's son living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Joseph's elder son, whom Jacob took as his own and blessed. His name went to one of Israel's twelve tribes, and from Numbers through Joshua and Chronicles most of his verses are about that tribe and its land.

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Joseph's elder son, whom Jacob took as his own and blessed. His name went to one of Israel's twelve tribes, and from Numbers through Joshua and Chronicles most of his verses are about that tribe and its land.

Who this is

Manasseh was Hezekiah's son and Judah's longest-reigning king, and also its worst: he rebuilt the high places his father had torn down, practiced sorcery, and reportedly sacrificed his own son, filling Jerusalem with innocent blood. Assyrian records confirm he was taken captive to Babylon at one point, and 2 Chronicles says that captivity broke his pride and he genuinely repented, spending his remaining years trying to undo the damage he had done, though the reforms didn't outlast him. Manasseh is also the name of Joseph's elder son, ancestor of one of Israel's twelve tribes.

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The word

H4519

Where it appears
  • Genesis 41:51
  • Genesis 46:20
  • Genesis 48:1
  • Genesis 48:5
  • Genesis 48:13
  • Genesis 48:14
  • Genesis 48:17
  • Genesis 48:20
  • Genesis 50:23
  • Numbers 1:10
  • Numbers 1:34
  • Numbers 1:35
  • Numbers 2:20
  • Numbers 7:54
  • Numbers 10:23
  • Numbers 13:11
  • Numbers 26:28
  • Numbers 26:29
  • Numbers 26:34
  • Numbers 27:1
  • Numbers 32:33
  • Numbers 32:39
  • Numbers 32:40
  • Numbers 32:41
  • Numbers 34:14
  • Numbers 34:23
  • Numbers 36:1
  • Numbers 36:12
  • Deuteronomy 3:13
  • Deuteronomy 3:14
  • Deuteronomy 33:17
  • Deuteronomy 34:2
  • Joshua 1:12
  • Joshua 4:12
  • Joshua 12:6
  • Joshua 13:7
  • Joshua 13:29
  • Joshua 13:31
  • Joshua 14:4
  • Joshua 16:4
  • Joshua 16:9
  • Joshua 17:1
  • Joshua 17:2
  • Joshua 17:3
  • Joshua 17:5
  • Joshua 17:6
  • Joshua 17:7
  • Joshua 17:8
  • Joshua 17:9
  • Joshua 17:10
  • Joshua 17:11
  • Joshua 17:12
  • Joshua 17:17
  • Joshua 18:7
  • Joshua 20:8
  • Joshua 21:5
  • Joshua 21:6
  • Joshua 21:25
  • Joshua 21:27
  • Joshua 22:1
  • Joshua 22:7
  • Joshua 22:9
  • Joshua 22:10
  • Joshua 22:11
  • Joshua 22:13
  • Joshua 22:15
  • Joshua 22:21
  • Joshua 22:30
  • Joshua 22:31
  • Judges 1:27
  • Judges 6:15
  • Judges 6:35
  • Judges 7:23
  • Judges 11:29
  • Judges 12:4
  • Judges 18:30
  • 1 Kings 4:13
  • 1 Chronicles 5:18
  • 1 Chronicles 5:23
  • 1 Chronicles 5:26
  • 1 Chronicles 6:61
  • 1 Chronicles 6:62
  • 1 Chronicles 6:70
  • 1 Chronicles 6:71
  • 1 Chronicles 7:14
  • 1 Chronicles 7:17
  • 1 Chronicles 7:29
  • 1 Chronicles 9:3
  • 1 Chronicles 12:19
  • 1 Chronicles 12:20
  • 1 Chronicles 12:31
  • 1 Chronicles 12:37
  • 1 Chronicles 27:20
  • 1 Chronicles 27:21
  • 2 Chronicles 15:9
  • 2 Chronicles 30:1
  • 2 Chronicles 30:10
  • 2 Chronicles 30:11
  • 2 Chronicles 30:18
  • 2 Chronicles 31:1
  • 2 Chronicles 34:6
  • 2 Chronicles 34:9
  • Psalm 60:7
  • Psalm 80:2
  • Psalm 108:8
  • Isaiah 9:21
  • Ezekiel 48:4
  • Ezekiel 48:5

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