When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.Manasseh had deserted God, and he paid the price. But once he had hit bottom, he called to God for help. God answered his prayer, and he was restored to his position and power. But how this is phrased, I'm not sure he understood what he was doing.
Manasseh had definitely hit bottom, that much is clear. He had nowhere left to go, and was rotting in a foreign dungeon. But when he prayed to God, I'm not convinced that he really believed God could do anything. How this is phrased, it sounds like he was trying it because he had already tried everything else. He didn't pray expecting God would forgive him and do a miracle; he just was trying the one thing he hadn't done yet. But then he was saved, and realized that it was God's doing. I don't doubt that his repentance was genuine, but I'm not convinced it was because he'd truly seen the error of his ways.
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