Prayer of Manasseh

work of 15 verses, ostensibly the penitential prayer of king Manasseh of Judah; written in Greek, in the 1st or 2nd century BCE; part of some versions of the Orthodox deuterocanon
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Georgian Orthodox


The Prayer of Manasseh is a short work of 15 verses of the penitential prayer of the Judean king Manasseh. Manasseh is recorded in the Bible as one of the most idolatrous (2 Kings 21:1-18); however, after having been taken captive by the Assyrians, he prays for mercy (2 Chronicles 33:10-17) and turns from his ways of worshiping idols.