2 Chronicles 33 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

1Manasseh began to reign at the age of twelve years, and continued to reign for 55 years in Jerusalem.

2But he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

2But he practiced what the LORD considered to be evil by behaving detestably, as did the nations whom the LORD expelled in front of the Israelis.

3For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and made wooden images; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

3He re-established the high places that his father Hezekiah had demolished, he built altars to the Baals, erected Asherim, and worshipped and served the armies of heaven.

4He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.”

4He also built altars in the LORD's Temple, about which the LORD had spoken "My name will reside in Jerusalem forever."

5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

5He built altars for all the armies of heaven in the two courtyards of the LORD's Temple.

6Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.

6He burned his sons as an offering in the Ben-hinnom Valley, practiced fortune-telling, witchcraft, sorcery, and communicated with mediums and separatists. He did a lot of things that the LORD considered to be evil, thus provoking him.

7He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had 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;

7He also placed an image that he had carved in God's Temple, the place about which God had told to David and to his son Solomon, "I will place my name in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,"

8and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”

8and "I won't let Israel's foothold slip on the land that I've given to your ancestors, if only they will be careful to keep everything that I commanded them in the Law, in the statutes, and in the ordinance through Moses."

9So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

9This is how Manasseh deceived Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to practice more evil than the nations whom the LORD had eliminated in front of the Israelis.

10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen.

10The LORD kept on speaking to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention to him,

11Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

11so the LORD brought in the army commanders who worked for the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him in bronze chains, and took him off to Babylon.

12Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

12But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,

13and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.

13and prayed to him. Moved by Manasseh's entreaties, the LORD heard his supplications and brought him back to his kingdom in Jerusalem. That's how Manasseh learned that the LORD is God.

14After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

14Later on, Manasseh reinforced the outer wall to the City of David on the west side overlooking the Gihon Valley as far as the Fish Gate. He encircled the Ophel, raising it to a great height.

15He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city.

15He also eliminated the foreign gods and idols from the LORD's Temple, along with all of the altars that he had built in Jerusalem and on the mountain where the LORD's Temple was located, and he discarded them outside the city.

16He also repaired the altar of the LORD, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

16He set up an altar to the LORD, sacrificed peace offerings on it, and ordered Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

17Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

17Even so, the people continued to sacrifice in the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

18Now as to the rest of Manasseh's accomplishments, including his prayer to God and what the seers had to say to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, they are included among the Acts of the Kings of Israel.

19Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai.

19His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.

20So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.

20So Manasseh died, as had his ancestors, and they buried him in his own palace while his son Amon became king in his place.

21Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

21Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

22But he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and served them.

22He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, just as his father Manasseh had done, sacrificing to and serving all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made,

23And he did not humble himself before the LORD, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

23except that he never humbled himself to the LORD like his father Manasseh had done. In fact, Amon multiplied his own guilt

24Then his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house.

24until his servants finally conspired against him and executed him in his own palace.

25But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

25But the people of the land executed all of the conspirators against King Amon and installed his son Josiah as king to succeed him.

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