Manasseh may refer to:
- Manasseh, a son of Joseph, according to the Torah
- the Tribe of Manasseh, an Israelite tribe
- Manasseh of Judah, a king of the kingdom of Judah. Manasseh or Menashshe ( Samaritan Manaṯ) was according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Joseph and Joseph or Yosef (יוֹסֵ Standard Yosef Tiberian Yôsēp̄, يوسف Yusuf; "He term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to The Tribe of Menasheh ( was one of the Tribes of Israel. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Menasheh also formed the House of Joseph. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah According to the Bible, the Israelites were the dominant group living in the Land of Israel. A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally consists of a Social group existing before the development of or outside of States Many anthropologists use Manasseh of Judah was the king of Judah and only son and successor of Hezekiah. Judea is a term used for the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel.
- The ancestor of a priest named Jonathan, mentioned in the Book of Judges as being the son of Gershom, son of Manasseh; there is a scribal oddity in the text which means it may actually state Moses rather than Manasseh. Jonathan is a figure appearing in the account of Micah's Idol in the Book of Judges, in which he is appointed as the priest of a shrine since the shrine contained Book of Judges ( Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. This page is about the firstborn son of Moses For the son of Levi see Gersho'''n'''.
- The Bnei Menashe ("Children of Menasseh"), a group from northeast India who claim descent from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The Bnei Menashe ("Children of Menasseh " Hebrew בני מנשה are a group of more than 9000 people from India 's North-Eastern border The phrase Ten Lost Tribes of Israel refers to the ancient Tribes of Israel that disappeared from the Biblical account after the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
- Menasseh or Manasseh was the name of two Khazar rulers of the Bulanid dynasty:
- Menasseh I, mid to late 9th century CE or A. "Kazar" redirects here for the Marvel Comics character see Ka-Zar; for the village in Azerbaijan see Xəzər. The Bulanids were the ruling dynasty of the Khazar Khaganate during the 800s and 900s CE Menasseh ben Hezekiah was a Turkic Jewish ruler of the Khazars mentioned in the Khazar Correspondence. D.
- Menasseh II, late 9th century CE or A. Menasseh ben Zebulun was a Turkic Jewish ruler of the Khazars mentioned in some extant editions of the Khazar Correspondence (but not D.
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