Tribe of Manasseh

He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

He did the same thing in the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, and in the region all around them.

He destroyed pagan altars and the Asherah poles, and he crushed the idols into dust.

He cut down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel.

In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan, son of Azaliah, Maaseah, the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah, son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the temple of the Lord his God.

They gave Hilkiah, the high priest, the money that had been collected by the Levites who served as gatekeepers at the temple of God.

The gifts were brought by people from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, as well as from all Judah, Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.

He entrusted the money to the men assigned to supervise the restoration of the Lord's temple.

By doing all this, he made Judah and Jerusalem ritually clean again.

He did the same thing in the cities and the devastated areas of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far north as Naphtali.

Throughout the territory of the northern kingdom, he smashed the altars and the symbols of Asherah, ground the idols to dust, and broke into bits all the incense altars.

Then he returned to Jerusalem.

In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the temple by ending pagan worship, King Josiah sent three men to repair the temple of the Lord God, Shaphan, son of Azaliah, Maaseah, the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah, son of Joahaz, a high official.

The money that the Levite guards had collected in the temple was turned over to Hilkiah the high priest.

It had been collected from the people of Ephraim and Manasseh and the rest of the northern kingdom, and from the people of Judah, Benjamin, and Jerusalem.

The money was then handed over to the three men in charge of the temple repairs, and they gave it to the carpenters and the builders to buy the stones and the timber used to repair the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to decay.

When Hezekiah reinstated the Passover celebration, it was the start of a real revival.

2 Chronicles 31 When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles and removed the pagan shrines and altars.

After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes." Hezekiah then organized the priests and Levites into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings and to worship and give thanks and praise to the Lord at the gates of the temple.

The king also made a personal contribution of animals for the daily morning and evening burnt offerings, the weekly Sabbath festivals, the monthly new moon festivals, and the annual festivals as prescribed in the law of the Lord.

And to Reuven, and to God.

And to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, we'll see what he said in a minute.

So those are the tribes that want to settle on the east bank.

Reuven, Gad, and it says, Now usually, chetzi means half.

So you can translate it as half of the tribe of Manasseh.

But in this case, chetzi means half.

part.

Chetzik could also mean part, not just half.

And I'm just talking to the nigga people.

I'm just speaking to Asher, Benjamin, Ephraim, Gad, Ishigar, Judah, Levi, Manassas, Nephtali, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulon.

Y'all got these bitch boys.

They soft as a motherfucker, boy.

And then it's a problem because ain't nobody saying nothing.

Well, if you come ask me, my name is Darren Gray of the Darren Gray Circus Parade.

And by these being my people, Asher, Benjamin, Ephraim, Gad, Ishkar, Judah, Lepi, Manassas, Nephtali, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulon, I got the right to say something.

And I have little nigga boys.