Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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American Standard Version
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became
king,
and he reigned in
Jerusalem
fifty -
five years.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned fifty and
five years in
Jerusalem
.
And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
by
following
the abominations of the nations that
the
LORD
had
driven
out before the Israelites
.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Jehovah,
after
the abominations of the nations whom
Jehovah
cast
out before the children
of
Israel
.
For he rebuilt
the high places that
his father Hezekiah
had torn
down ,
and he raised
up altars for the Baals
and made Asherah
poles.
And
he
worshiped
and served
all the host of heaven.
For he built
again
the high places which
Hezekiah
his father had broken
down ;
and he reared
up altars for the Baalim,
and made Asheroth,
and worshipped
all the host of heaven ,
and
served
them
.
Manasseh
also
built altars in the house of the
LORD
, of
which
the
LORD
had
said, “My
Name
will
remain
in Jerusalem forever
. ”
And
he
built altars in the house of Jehovah
, whereof
Jehovah
said, In Jerusalem shall
my
name
be
for
ever
.
In
both
courtyards
of
the
house
of
the
LORD,
he built altars to
all the host of heaven.
And
he built altars for
all the host of heaven in
the
two
courts
of
the
house
of
Jehovah
.
He sacrificed
his sons
in
the fire in the Valley of Hinnom .
He practiced
sorcery
, divination
, and witchcraft
, and consulted
mediums
and spiritists.
He did
great
evil in the sight of the
LORD
, provoking
Him to anger.
He also
made
his children
to
pass
through
the fire in the valley of the
son
of
Hinnom ;
and
he practised
augury
, and
used
enchantments
, and practised
sorcery
, and dealt
with
them
that
had
familiar
spirits,
and with
wizards:
he wrought
much
evil in the sight of Jehovah
, to
provoke
him to anger.
Manasseh
even
took
the carved
image he had made and
set
it
up
in the house of God, of which God had
said to David and his son Solomon
, “
In this temple
and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I
will establish
My Name forever.
And
he
set
the graven
image of
the
idol,
which
he had made ,
in the house of God, of which God 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, will I
put
my name for
ever:
I
will never
again
cause
the feet
of the
Israelites
to
leave
the land that
I assigned
to
your fathers, if only they are
careful
to do all that I have commanded them through
Moses—
all the laws,
statutes ,
and judgments
. ”
neither
will I
any
more
remove
the foot
of Israel
from
off
the land which
I have
appointed
for
your fathers, if only they will
observe
to do all that I have commanded them ,
even
all the law
and
the
statutes and the
ordinances
`given'
by
Moses
.
So
Manasseh led
the
people
of
Judah and Jerusalem astray
, so that they did greater
evil than the nations that
the
LORD
had
destroyed before the Israelites
.
And
Manasseh seduced
Judah and the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem, so that they did evil more
than did
the nations whom
Jehovah
destroyed before the children
of
Israel
.
And the
LORD
spoke
to Manasseh and his people ,
but they did
not
listen
.
And Jehovah
spake
to Manasseh ,
and to
his people ;
but they gave
no
heed
.
So
the
LORD
brought against
them the military
commanders
of the king of Assyria, who captured
Manasseh ,
put
a
hook
in his
nose
, bound him with bronze
shackles
, and took
him to Babylon.
Wherefore
Jehovah
brought upon
them the captains
of the host
of
the
king of Assyria, who took
Manasseh in chains
, and
bound him with fetters
, and carried
him to Babylon.
And in his
distress, Manasseh
sought
the
favor
of
the
LORD
his God and earnestly
humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
And when
he
was
in distress, he
besought
Jehovah
his God ,
and humbled himself greatly
before the God of his fathers.
And when
he prayed to
Him, the
LORD
received
his
plea
and heard his petition;
so
He
brought him back
to Jerusalem and
to
his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the
LORD
is
God.
And he prayed unto
him ;
and
he
was
entreated
of
him
, and heard his supplication,
and
brought him again
to Jerusalem into
his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah
he
was
God.
After this ,
Manasseh
rebuilt
the
outer wall of
the City of David from
west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of
the Fish Gate ,
and he brought
it
around
the
hill
of
Ophel and heightened
it considerably.
He also
stationed
military
commanders
in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Now
after this he
built
an
outer wall to
the city of David ,
on
the
west side
of Gihon ,
in the valley ,
even
to the entrance at
the fish gate ;
and he compassed
Ophel about
`with
it',
and raised
it up
to
a
very
great
height:
and
he put
valiant
captains
in all the fortified cities of Judah.
He removed
the foreign gods and the idol from
the house of the
LORD
, along
with
all the altars he had built on
the temple
mount and in Jerusalem, and he
dumped
them outside
the city.
And
he took
away
the foreign gods ,
and the idol out
of
the house of Jehovah
, and
all the altars that
he had built in
the mount of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and in Jerusalem, and cast
them out
of
the city.
Then
he restored
the altar of the
LORD
and sacrificed
peace offerings and thank
offerings
on
it
, and he
told
Judah to serve the
LORD
, the God of Israel.
And
he built
up
the altar of Jehovah,
and offered
thereon
sacrifices
of
peace -
offerings and of
thanksgiving
, and commanded
Judah to serve Jehovah
, the God of Israel.
Nevertheless ,
the people still
sacrificed at
the high places, but only to
the
LORD
their God.
Nevertheless the people sacrificed still
in
the high places, but only unto
Jehovah
their God.
As
for
the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along
with
his prayer to
his God and the words of the seers who
spoke
to him in the name of the
LORD
, the God of Israel, they are indeed
written in
the Chronicles
of the Kings of Israel.
Now
the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and
his prayer unto
his God ,
and the words of the seers that
spake
to him in the name of Jehovah
, the God of Israel, behold,
they are written among
the acts
of the kings of Israel.
His prayer and how God received
his
plea
, as
well
as
all his sin and unfaithfulness
, and the sites
where
he built high places and set up Asherah
poles
and idols
before he humbled himself, they are indeed
written in the Records
of the
Seers
.
His prayer also,
and how `
God '
was
entreated
of
him
, and
all his sin and his
trespass
, and the places
wherein
he built high places ,
and set up the
Asherim
and the
graven
images,
before he humbled himself :
behold
, they are written in the history
of Hozai
.
And
Manasseh rested
with his fathers and was
buried at
his palace.
And his son Amon
reigned in his place
.
So
Manasseh slept
with his fathers ,
and they
buried him
in
his own
house:
and Amon
his son reigned in his stead
.
Amon was twenty -
two years old when he became
king,
and he reigned in
Jerusalem
two years.
Amon was twenty and
two years old when he began
to
reign;
and he reigned two years in
Jerusalem
.
And he did evil in the sight of the
LORD
, as his father Manasseh
had
done.
Amon
served
and sacrificed to
all the idols
that
his father Manasseh
had made,
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of Jehovah
, as did
Manasseh
his father ;
and Amon
sacrificed unto
all the graven
images
which
Manasseh
his father had made, and
served
them.
but
he did
not humble
himself before the
LORD
as his father Manasseh
had done
; instead,
Amon increased
his
guilt
.
And
he humbled
not himself before Jehovah,
as Manasseh
his father had humbled
himself
; but
this
same
Amon trespassed
more
and
more
.
Then
the
servants of
Amon
conspired against him and killed
him in his palace
.
And
his
servants conspired against him ,
and put
him to
death
in his own
house
.
But the people of the land killed
all those
who
had conspired against King Amon ,
and they
made his son Josiah
king in his place
.
But 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
.
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