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21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. 21:2 He did what was
evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the
nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. 21:3 For he
rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he erected
altars for Baal, made a sacred pole,F68 as King Ahab of Israel
had done, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. 21:4 He built
altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem
I will put my name." 21:5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in
the two courts of the house of the Lord. 21:6 He made his son pass through
fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with
wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
21:7 The carved image of Asherah that he had made he set 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 out of all the tribes of Israel, I will
put my name forever; 21:8 I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander
any more out of the land that I gave to their ancestors, 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." 21:9 But they did
not listen; Manasseh misled them to do more evil than the nations had done
that the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.
21:10 The Lord said by his servants the prophets, 21:11 "Because King Manasseh of Judah has committed these abominations, has done things more wicked than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has caused Judah also to sin with his idols; 21:12 therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. 21:13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line for Samaria, and the plummet for the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 21:14 I will cast off the remnant of my heritage, and give them into the hand of their enemies; they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies, 21:15 because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their ancestors came out of Egypt, even to this day." 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he caused Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? 21:18 Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him. FOOTNOTES: F68: Heb [Asherah] |
33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five
years in Jerusalem. 33:2 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord,
according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove
out before the people of Israel. 33:3 For he rebuilt the high places that
his father Hezekiah had pulled down, and erected altars to the Baals, made
sacred poles,F75 worshiped all the host of heaven, and served
them. 33:4 He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord
had said, "In Jerusalem shall my name be forever." 33:5 He built altars
for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
33:6 He made his son pass through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
practiced soothsaying and augury and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and
with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him
to anger. 33:7 The carved image of the idol that he had made he set in
the house of God, of which God said to David and to his son Solomon, "In
this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes
of Israel, I will put my name forever; 33:8 I will never again remove the
feet of Israel from the land that I appointed for your ancestors, if only
they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law,
the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses." 33:9 Manasseh misled
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than
the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the people of Israel.
33:10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they gave no heed. 33:11 Therefore the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh captive in manacles, bound him with fetters, and brought him to Babylon. 33:12 While he was in distress he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 33:13 He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord indeed was God. 33:14 Afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, reaching the entrance at the Fish Gate; he carried it around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. He also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah. 33:15 He took away the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and he threw them out of the city. 33:16 He also restored the altar of the Lord and offered on it sacrifices of well-being and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord the God of Israel. 33:17 The people, however, still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the Lord their God. 33:18 Now 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, these are in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 33:19 His prayer, and how God received his entreaty, all his sin and his faithlessness, the sites on which he built high places and set up the sacred polesF76 and the images, before he humbled himself, these are written in the records of the seers.F77 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in his house. His son Amon succeeded him. FOOTNOTES: F75: Heb [Asheroth] F76: Heb [Asherim] F77: One Ms Gk: MT [of Hozai] |
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