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Commentary for II Kings 24:4

וְגַ֤ם דַּֽם־הַנָּקִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁפָ֔ךְ וַיְמַלֵּ֥א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑י וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לִסְלֹֽחַ׃

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not pardon.

Ralbag on II Kings

and the LORD would not pardon: This means that even though Menasseh repented, God was not willing to forgive his spilling of innocent blood. And it would seem that this included servants of the Lord - that he killed Isaiah son of Amoz because of how he reproached him. And thus our teachers of blessed memory said that Menasseh killed Isaiah.
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