Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
Ver. 11. Above all that the Amorites did.] Noluit solita peccare, et puduit eum non esse impudentem. a Such a profligate wicked person was Julian the apostate called by some Idolian: and Pope John XII, of whom Luitprand writeth that he ordained ministers in a stable, drank a health to the devil, called to Jove, Venus, and other heathen deities for help at his dice playing, died in his harlot's embracings, being struck to death by the devil, &c. b
a Senec.
b Basil., lib. vi cap. 7.