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| 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah. | 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. |
| 2He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. | 2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. |
| 3He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. | 3For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. |
| 4He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my Name." | 4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem will I put my name.” |
| 5In the two courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. | 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. |
| 6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger. | 6And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. |
| 7He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever. | 7And the carved image of Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. |
| 8I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them." | 8And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander anymore out of the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my servant Moses commanded them.” |
| 9But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. | 9But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel. |
| 10The LORD said through his servants the prophets: | 10And the LORD said by his servants the prophets, |
| 11"Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols. | 11“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols, |
| 12Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. | 12therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. |
| 13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. | 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. |
| 14I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies; | 14And I will forsake the remnant of my heritage and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies, |
| 15they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day." | 15because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.” |
| 16Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end--besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the LORD. | 16Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. |
| 17As for the other events of Manasseh's reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? | 17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? |
| 18Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king. | 18And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place. |
| 19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. | 19Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. |
| 20He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. | 20And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. |
| 21He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them. | 21He walked in all the way in which his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshiped them. |
| 22He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him. | 22He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD. |
| 23Amon's officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace. | 23And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house. |
| 24Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place. | 24But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. |
| 25As for the other events of Amon's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? | 25Now the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? |
| 26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king. | 26And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place. |
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