King Manasseh (Hebrew מְנַשֶּׁה, I cause to forget, or Greek Μανασσῆς) (710-r. 698-643 BC according to Ussher, or 709-vr. 697-r. 686-642 BC according to Thiele) was the thirteenth king of the Southern Kingdom of Israel in direct line of descent. He was arguably the worst king that the Southern Kingdom ever had, for he undid all of the work that his father Hezekiah had done. And yet, as the Chronicler records, he repented of his sin and was more faithful from then on--but never in the way that his father was.