Manasseh was twelve
years
old
when he began to reign
, and reigned
fifty
and five
years
in Jerusalem
. And his mother's
name
was Hephzibah
.
And he did that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, after the abominations
of the heathen
, whom the LORD
cast out
before
the children
of Israel
.
For he built up again
the high places
which Hezekiah
his father
had destroyed
; and he reared up
altars
for Baal
, and made
a grove
, as did
Ahab
king
of Israel
; and worshipped
all the host
of heaven
, and served
them.
And he built altars
in the house
of the LORD
, of which the LORD
said
, In Jerusalem
will I put
my name
.
And he built altars
for all the host
of heaven
in the two
courts
of the house
of the LORD
.
And he made his son pass
through the fire
, and observed times
, and used enchantments
, and dealt
with familiar spirits
and wizards
: he wrought
much
wickedness
in the sight
of the LORD
, to provoke him to anger
.
And he set a graven image
of the grove
that he had made
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 tribes
of Israel
, will I put
my name
for ever
:
Neither will I make the feet of Israel
move
any more
out of the land
which I gave
their fathers
; only if 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 hearkened not: and Manasseh
seduced
them to do
more evil
than did the nations
whom the LORD
destroyed
before
the children
of Israel
.
And the LORD spake
by
his servants
the prophets
, saying
,
Because Manasseh king
of Judah
hath done
these abominations
, and hath done wickedly
above all that the Amorites
did
, which were before
him, and hath made Judah
also to sin
with his idols
:
Therefore thus saith the LORD
God
of Israel
, Behold, I am bringing
such evil
upon Jerusalem
and Judah
, that whosoever heareth
of it, both
his ears
shall tingle
.
And I will stretch over Jerusalem
the line
of Samaria
, and the plummet
of the house
of Ahab
: and I will wipe
Jerusalem
as a man wipeth
a dish
, wiping
it , and turning
it upside down
.
And I will forsake the remnant
of mine inheritance
, and deliver
them into the hand
of their enemies
; and they shall become a prey
and a spoil
to all their enemies
;
Because they have done that which was evil
in my sight
, and have provoked
me to anger
, since the day
their fathers
came forth
out of Egypt
, even unto this day
.
Moreover Manasseh shed
innocent
blood
very
much
, till he had filled
Jerusalem
from one end
to another
; beside his sin
wherewith he made Judah
to sin
, in doing
that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Manasseh
, and all that he did
, and his sin
that he sinned
, are they not written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Judah
?
And Manasseh slept
with his fathers
, and was buried
in the garden
of his own house
, in the garden
of Uzza
: and Amon
his son
reigned
in his stead.
Amon was twenty
and two
years
old
when he began to reign
, and he reigned
two
years
in Jerusalem
. And his mother's
name
was Meshullemeth
, the daughter
of Haruz
of Jotbah
.
And he did that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, as his father
Manasseh
did
.
And he walked in all the way
that his father
walked in
, and served
the idols
that his father
served
, and worshipped
them:
And he forsook the LORD
God
of his fathers
, and walked
not in the way
of the LORD
.
And the servants of Amon
conspired
against him, and slew
the king
in his own house
.
And the people of the land
slew
all them that had conspired
against king
Amon
; and the people
of the land
made Josiah
his son
king
in his stead.
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
?
And he was buried in his sepulchre
in the garden
of Uzza
: and Josiah
his son
reigned
in his stead.