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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
.
But
did that
which
was
evil in the sight of the LORD ,
like
unto
the abominations of the heathen,
whom
the LORD had 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 Baalim,
and made groves,
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
. ”
Also he
built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof
the LORD had 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
the
LORD
.
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.
And
he caused
his children
to
pass
through
the fire in the valley of the
son
of
Hinnom :
also
he observed
times
, and
used
enchantments
, and used
witchcraft, and dealt
with
a
familiar
spirit,
and with
wizards:
he wrought
much
evil in the sight of the LORD, 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
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 before
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
out
of
the land which
I have
appointed
for
your fathers ;
so
that
they will
take
heed
to do all that I have commanded them, according
to
the
whole
law
and
the
statutes and the
ordinances
by
the
hand
of
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
.
So Manasseh made
Judah and the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem to
err
, and
to
do
worse
than the heathen,
whom
the LORD had destroyed before the children
of
Israel
.
And the LORD spoke
to Manasseh and his people ,
but they did
not listen
.
And the LORD spake
to Manasseh ,
and to
his people :
but they would
not hearken
.
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
the LORD brought upon
them the captains
of the host
of
the
king of Assyria, which
took
Manasseh among
the
thorns
, 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 affliction
, he
besought
the LORD 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 prayed unto
him :
and
he
was
intreated
of
him
, and heard his supplication,
and
brought him again
to Jerusalem into
his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD 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
a
wall without
the city of David ,
on
the
west side
of Gihon ,
in the valley ,
even
to the entering
in
at
the fish gate, and compassed
about
Ophel ,
and raised
it up
a
very
great
height,
and
put
captains
of
war
in all the fenced
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 strange
gods ,
and the idol out
of
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 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 repaired
the altar of the LORD ,
and sacrificed thereon
peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded
Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
Nevertheless ,
the people still sacrificed
at
the high places, but
only
to
the LORD their God.
Nevertheless the people did
sacrifice
still in
the high places, yet
unto
the LORD their God only
.
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 the LORD God of Israel, behold,
they are written in the book
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
intreated
of
him
, and
all his sins,
and his
trespass
, and the places
wherein
he built high places ,
and set up groves
and graven
images,
before he was
humbled :
behold
, they are written among
the sayings
of the seers.
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 two and
twenty
years old when he began
to
reign
, and 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,
But
he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of the LORD, as did
Manasseh
his father :
for
Amon sacrificed unto
all the carved
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
humbled
not himself before the LORD ,
as Manasseh
his father had humbled
himself
; but
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 slew
him 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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