aManasseh was twelve
years
old
when he became
king
, and he reigned
fifty-five
years
in Jerusalem
; and his mother's
name
was Hephzibah
.
aHe did evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, baccording to the abominations
of the nations
whom
the LORD
dispossessed
before
the sons
of Israel
.
For ahe rebuilt the high
places
which
Hezekiah
his father
had destroyed
; and bhe erected
altars
for Baal
and made
an 1Asherah
, as Ahab
king
of Israel
had done
, and cworshiped
all
the host
of heaven
and served
them.
aHe built altars
in the house
of the LORD
, of which
the LORD
had said
, " bIn Jerusalem
I will put
My name
."
For he built altars
for aall
the host
of heaven
in bthe two
courts
of the house
of the LORD
.
aHe made his son pass
through the fire
, bpracticed
witchcraft
and used
divination
, and dealt
with mediums
and spiritists
. He did
much
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
provoking
Him to anger.
Then ahe set the carved
image
of Asherah
that he had made
, in the house
of which
the LORD
said
to David
and to his son
Solomon
, " bIn this
house
and in Jerusalem
, which
I have chosen
from all
the tribes
of Israel
, I will put
My name
forever
.
"And I awill not make the feet of Israel
wander
anymore
from the land
which
I gave
their fathers
, if
only
they will observe
to do
according to all
that I have commanded
them, and according to all
the law
that My servant
Moses
commanded
them."
But they did not listen, and Manasseh
aseduced
them to do
evil
more
than
the nations
whom
the LORD
destroyed
before
the sons
of Israel
.
Now the LORD spoke
through
His servants
the prophets
, saying
,
" aBecause Manasseh
king
of Judah
has done
these
abominations
, bhaving done
wickedly
more
than
all
the Amorites
did
who
were before
him, and chas also
made Judah
sin
dwith his idols
;
therefore thus
says
the LORD
, the God
of Israel
, `Behold
, I am bringing
such calamity
on Jerusalem
and Judah
, that whoever
hears
of it, aboth
his ears
will tingle
.
` aI will stretch over
Jerusalem
the line
of Samaria
and the plummet
of the house
of Ahab
, and I will wipe
Jerusalem
as one wipes
a dish
, wiping
it and turning
it upside
down
.
`I will abandon the remnant
of My inheritance
and deliver
them into the hand
of their enemies
, and they will become
as plunder
and spoil
to all
their enemies
;
because they have done
evil
in My sight
, and have been
provoking
Me to anger
since
the day
their fathers
came
from Egypt
, even to this
day
.' "
aMoreover, Manasseh
shed
very
much
innocent
blood
until
he had filled
Jerusalem
from one
end
to another
; besides
his sin
bwith which
he made Judah
sin
, in doing
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
.
aNow the rest of the acts
of Manasseh
and all
that he did
and his sin
which
he 1committed
, are they not written
in the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Judah
?
aAnd Manasseh slept
with his fathers
and was buried
in the garden
of his own house
, bin the garden
of Uzza
, and Amon
his son
became
king
in his place
.
aAmon was twenty-two
years
old
when he became
king
, and he reigned
two
years
in Jerusalem
; and his mother's
name
was Meshullemeth
the daughter
of Haruz
of Jotbah
.
He did evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, aas Manasseh
his father
had done
.
For he walked in all
the way
that his father
had walked
, and served
the idols
that his father
had served
and worshiped
them.
So ahe forsook the LORD
, the God
of his fathers
, and did not walk
in the way
of the LORD
.
aThe servants of Amon
conspired
against
him and killed
the king
in his own house
.
Then athe people of the land
1killed
all
those who had conspired
against
King
Amon
, and the people
of the land
made
Josiah
his son
king
in his place
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Amon
which
he did
, are they not written
in the Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Judah
?
He was buried in his grave
ain the garden
of Uzza
, and Josiah
his son
became
king
in his place
.