But they did not listen; Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations had done that the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel — Manasseh not only commits apostasy himself but 'seduced' the people (וַיַּתְעוּ אוֹתָם, *way-yat'u otam*) to follow his wickedness. The phrase 'more evil than the nations' (הֵרַע עַל־כֹּל־הַגּוֹיִם, *he-ra al-kol-ha-goim*) indicates that Manasseh's wickedness exceeds even the abominable practices of the destroyed nations. His comprehensive apostasy becomes a model of evil surpassing all precedent in Israel's history.

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