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2 Kings 21

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah

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 aManassehh4519 was twelveh8147h6240 yearsh8141 oldh1121 when he becameh4427a kingh4427a, and he reignedh4427a fifty-fiveh2572 yearsh8141 in Jerusalemh3389; and his mother'sh517 nameh8034 was Hephzibahh2657.

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 aHe didh6213a evilh7451a in the sighth5869 of the LORDh3068,  baccording to the abominationsh8441 of the nationsh1471 whomh834 the LORDh3068 dispossessedh3423 beforeh4480h6440 the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478.

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For  ahe rebuilth7725h1129 the highh1116 placesh1116 whichh834 Hezekiahh2396 his fatherh1 had destroyedh6; and  bhe erectedh6965 altarsh4196 for Baalh1168a and madeh6213a an  1Asherahh842, as Ahabh256 kingh4428 of Israelh3478 had doneh6213a, and  cworshipedh7812 allh3605 the hosth6635 of heavenh8064 and servedh5647 them.

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 aHe builth1129 altarsh4196 in the househ1004 of the LORDh3068, of whichh834 the LORDh3068 had saidh559, " bIn Jerusalemh3389 I will puth7760 My nameh8034."

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For he builth1129 altarsh4196 for  aallh3605 the hosth6635 of heavenh8064 in  bthe twoh8147 courtsh2691a of the househ1004 of the LORDh3068.

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 aHe made his sonh1121 passh5674a through the fireh784,  bpracticedh6049a witchcrafth6049a and usedh5172 divinationh5172, and dealth6213a with mediumsh178 and spiritistsh3049. He didh6213a muchh7235a evilh7451a in the sighth5869 of the LORDh3068 provokingh3707 Him to anger.

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Then  ahe seth7760 the carvedh6459 imageh6459 of Asherahh842 that he had madeh6213a, in the househ1004 of whichh834 the LORDh3068 saidh559 to Davidh1732 and to his sonh1121 Solomonh8010, " bIn thish2088 househ1004 and in Jerusalemh3389, whichh834 I have chosenh977 from allh3605 the tribesh7626 of Israelh3478, I will puth7760 My nameh8034 foreverh5769.

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"And I  awill not make the feeth7272 of Israelh3478 wanderh5110 anymoreh3254 from the landh127 whichh834 I gaveh5414 their fathersh1, ifh518 onlyh7534 they will observeh8104 to doh6213a according to allh3605 that I have commandedh6680 them, and according to allh3605 the lawh8451 that My servanth5650 Mosesh4872 commandedh6680 them."

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But they did not listenh8085, and Manassehh4519  aseducedh8582 them to doh6213a evilh7451b moreh4480 thanh4480 the nationsh1471 whomh834 the LORDh3068 destroyedh8045 beforeh4480h6440 the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478.

The King's Idolatries Rebuked

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Now the LORDh3068 spokeh1696 throughh3027 His servantsh5650 the prophetsh5030, sayingh559,

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aBecauseh3282h834 Manassehh4519 kingh4428 of Judahh3063 has doneh6213a theseh428 abominationsh8441,  bhaving doneh7489a wickedlyh7489a moreh4480 thanh4480 allh3605 the Amoritesh567 didh6213a whoh834 were beforeh6440 him, and  chas alsoh1571 made Judahh3063 sinh2398  dwith his idolsh1544;

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thereforeh3651 thush3541 saysh559 the LORDh3068, the Godh430 of Israelh3478, `Beholdh2009, I am bringingh935 such calamityh7463a on Jerusalemh3389 and Judahh3063, that whoeverh3605 hearsh8085 of it,  abothh8147 his earsh241 will tingleh6750.

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aI will stretchh5186 overh5921 Jerusalemh3389 the lineh6957b of Samariah8111 and the plummeth4949 of the househ1004 of Ahabh256, and I will wipeh4229a Jerusalemh3389 as one wipesh4229a a dishh6747, wipingh4229a it and turningh2015 it upsideh5921h6440 downh6440.

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`I will abandonh5203 the remnanth7611 of My inheritanceh5159 and deliverh5414 them into the handh3027 of their enemiesh340, and they will becomeh1961 as plunderh957 and spoilh4933 to allh3605 their enemiesh340;

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becauseh3282h834 they have doneh6213a evilh7451a in My sighth5869, and have beenh1961 provokingh3707 Me to angerh3707 sinceh4480 the dayh3117 their fathersh1 cameh3318 from Egypth4714, even to thish2088 dayh3117.' "

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 aMoreoverh1571, Manassehh4519 shedh8210 veryh3966 muchh7235a innocenth5355a bloodh1818 untilh5704h834 he had filledh4390 Jerusalemh3389 from oneh6310 endh6310 to anotherh6310; besidesh905h4480 his sinh2403b  bwith whichh834 he made Judahh3063 sinh2398, in doingh6213a evilh7451a in the sighth5869 of the LORDh3068.

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 aNow the resth3499a of the actsh1697 of Manassehh4519 and allh3605 that he didh6213a and his sinh2403b whichh834 he  1committedh2398, are they not writtenh3789 in the Bookh5612 of the Chroniclesh1697h3117 of the Kingsh4428 of Judahh3063?

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 aAnd Manassehh4519 slepth7901 with his fathersh1 and was buriedh6912 in the gardenh1588 of his own househ1004,  bin the gardenh1588 of Uzzah5798, and Amonh526 his sonh1121 becameh4427a kingh4427a in his placeh8478.

Amon Succeeds Manasseh

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 aAmonh526 was twenty-twoh6242h8147 yearsh8141 oldh1121 when he becameh4427a kingh4427a, and he reignedh4427a twoh8147 yearsh8141 in Jerusalemh3389; and his mother'sh517 nameh8034 was Meshullemethh4922 the daughterh1323 of Haruzh2743 of Jotbahh3192.

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He didh6213a evilh7451a in the sighth5869 of the LORDh3068,  aas Manassehh4519 his fatherh1 had doneh6213a.

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For he walkedh1980 in allh3605 the wayh1870 that his fatherh1 had walkedh1980, and servedh5647 the idolsh1544 that his fatherh1 had servedh5647 and worshipedh7812 them.

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So  ahe forsookh5800a the LORDh3068, the Godh430 of his fathersh1, and did not walkh1980 in the wayh1870 of the LORDh3068.

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 aThe servantsh5650 of Amonh526 conspiredh7194 againsth5921 him and killedh4191 the kingh4428 in his own househ1004.

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Then  athe peopleh5971a of the landh776  1killedh5221 allh3605 those who had conspiredh7194 againsth5921 Kingh4428 Amonh526, and the peopleh5971a of the landh776 madeh4427a Josiahh2977 his sonh1121 kingh4427a in his placeh8478.

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Now the resth3499a of the actsh1697 of Amonh526 whichh834 he didh6213a, are they not writtenh3789 in the Bookh5612 of the Chroniclesh1697h3117 of the Kingsh4428 of Judahh3063?

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He was buriedh6912 in his graveh6900  ain the gardenh1588 of Uzzah5798, and Josiahh2977 his sonh1121 becameh4427a kingh4427a in his placeh8478.



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