Menashe's Repentance

Menashe introduces idolatry and bloodshed into Yehuda in ways previously unknown. He accepts complete Assyrian domination and sets the wheels of destruction and exile into motion. Sefer Melakhim ends …

While the text explicitly states that God mitigates Ahav’s punishment as a result of his repentance, various opinions exist as to the depth of the repentance. His repentance is evaluated in the actual…