¹² In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled^(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. ¹³ And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

¹⁴ Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon^(B) spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate^(C) and encircling the hill of Ophel;^(D) he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.