Chapter 21

Manasseh [was] twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ years old when he began to reign,² and reigned¹ fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hephzibah.

And he did⁴ [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out⁵² before the children of Israel.

For he built up⁴ again⁴ the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed;¹⁴ and he reared up⁵⁵ altars for Baal, and made⁴ a grove, as did¹ Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped¹⁰¹ all the host of heaven, and served⁴ them.

And he built¹ altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said,¹ In Jerusalem will I put⁴ my name.

And he built⁴ altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

And he made his son pass⁵² through the fire, and observed times,²² and used enchantments,¹⁴ and dealt¹ with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought² much⁵² wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke [him] to anger.⁵³

And he set⁴ a graven image of the grove that he had made¹ in the house, of which the LORD said¹ to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen¹ out of all tribes of Israel, will I put⁴ my name for ever:

Neither will I make the feet of Israel move⁵³ any more⁵⁵ out of the land which I gave¹ their fathers; only if they will observe⁴ to do² according to all that I have commanded¹⁴ them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded¹⁴ them.

But they hearkened¹ not: and Manasseh seduced⁵⁵ them to do² more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed⁵² before the children of Israel.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ by his servants the prophets, saying,²

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done¹ these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly⁵² above all that the Amorites did,¹ which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin⁵⁵ with his idols:

Therefore thus saith¹ the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I [am] bringing⁵⁶ [such] evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth⁶ of it, both his ears shall tingle.⁴

And I will stretch¹ over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe¹ Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth⁴ a dish, wiping¹ [it], and turning¹ [it] upside down.

And I will forsake¹ the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver¹ them into the hand of their enemies;⁶ and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;⁶

Because they have done¹ [that which was] evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger,⁵⁶ since the day their fathers came forth¹ out of Egypt, even unto this day.

Moreover Manasseh shed¹ innocent blood very much,⁵³ till he had filled¹⁴ Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin,⁵² in doing² [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did,¹ and his sin that he sinned,¹ [are] they not written⁷ in the book of the chronicles ³¹¹⁷ of the kings of Judah?

And Manasseh slept⁴ with his fathers, and was buried¹¹ in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned⁴ in his stead.

Amon [was] twenty and two years old when he began to reign,² and he reigned¹ two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

And he did⁴ [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.¹

And he walked⁴ in all the way that his father walked in,¹ and served⁴ the idols that his father served,¹ and worshipped¹⁰¹ them:

And he forsook⁴ the LORD God of his fathers, and walked¹ not in the way of the LORD.

And the servants of Amon conspired⁴ against him, and slew⁵⁵ the king in his own house.

And the people of the land slew⁵⁵ all them that had conspired⁶ against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king⁵⁵ in his stead.

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did,¹ [are] they not written⁷ in the book of the chronicles ³¹¹⁷ of the kings of Judah?

And he was buried⁴ in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned⁴ in his stead.