P1074:5, 97:9.23
The real undoing of Judah was effected by a corrupt and rich ring of politicians
operating under the rule of a boy king, Manasseh. The changing economy favored
the return of the worship of Baal, whose private land dealings were against
the ideology of Yahweh. The fall of Assyria and the ascendency
of Egypt brought deliverance to Judah for a time, and the country folk took
over. Under Josiah they destroyed the Jerusalem ring of corrupt politicians.