| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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 became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and 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. | 2He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons 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 which 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." | 4He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name." |
| 5In the two courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. | 5For 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. | 6He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. 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. | 7Then he 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, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from 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." | 8"And I will 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." |
| 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 seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. |
| 10The LORD said through his servants the prophets: | 10Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, |
| 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 done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah 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 such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears 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. | 13'I 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. |
| 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; | 14'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; |
| 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 evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from 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 until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing 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 his sin which 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 own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king 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 became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and 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. | 20He did 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. | 21For he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them. |
| 22He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him. | 22So he forsook 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. | 23The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own 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. | 24Then the people of the land killed 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 which 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. | 26He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place. |
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