Graphic Bible · Scene 16 of 26

A restrained aftermath in a Jerusalem street: grieving families and shuttered doors while adult Manasseh's distant guard passes; no bodies or gore.
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2 Kings 21:16

Innocent blood

Manasseh's Reign and Josiah's Accession · 2 Kings 21

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16Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other, besides his sin by which he caused Judah to sin, to do what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh.

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