1 Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H8034" twelve|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" 55 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4519" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hephzibah|strong="H2657".
2 Manasseh did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" said was|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H8441" the|strong="H6440" other nations|strong="H1471" did|strong="H6213". (And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" forced those|strong="H0834" nations|strong="H1471" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3068" country when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" Israelites|strong="H3478" came.)
3 Manasseh|strong="H1129" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H0834" destroyed|strong="H0006". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1129" Asherah|strong="H0842" pole, just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". Manasseh|strong="H1129" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H6965" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" stars of|strong="H4428" heaven|strong="H8064".
4 He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" to|strong="H0559" honor|strong="H8034" false gods in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". (This|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H8034" talking about|strong="H1004" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".”)
5 Manasseh|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" stars of|strong="H1004" heaven|strong="H8064" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" courtyards|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004".
6 He|strong="H6213" sacrificed his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" burned him|strong="H0853" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" altar. He|strong="H6213" used|strong="H6213" different ways of|strong="H1121" trying to|strong="H3068" know the|strong="H0853" future. He|strong="H6213" visited mediums|strong="H0178" and|strong="H1121" wizards.
7 Manasseh made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7760" carved|strong="H6459" statue of|strong="H1121" Asherah|strong="H0842". He|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" statue in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" David’s|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" about|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" Temple|strong="H1004": “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" forever|strong="H5769".
8 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" stay in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0834" obey|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" teachings|strong="H8451" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".”
9 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Manasseh|strong="H4519" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H4480" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H0834" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H0834" lived in|strong="H3068" Canaan before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478" came. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045" those|strong="H0834" nations|strong="H1471" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" came to|strong="H3068" take their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440".
10 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" used his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3068":
11 “King|strong="H4428" Manasseh|strong="H4519" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" hated things|strong="H0428" and|strong="H3063" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" more|strong="H1571" evil|strong="H7489" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" has|strong="H0834" caused|strong="H0834" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" sin|strong="H2398" because|strong="H3282" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544".
12 So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘Look|strong="H2005"! I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H0834" trouble|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H0834" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3478" shocked.
13 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" stretch|strong="H5186" the|strong="H0853" measuring line|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" plumb line|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004" over|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". A|strong="H0834" man wipes a|strong="H0834" dish|strong="H6747", and|strong="H1004" then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" turns|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5921" upside down|strong="H5186". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do that|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
14 There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" still be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" few of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5159" left|strong="H5203", but|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" leave|strong="H5203" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". Their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H1961" prisoners—they|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" valuable things|strong="H3605" soldiers take|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5414" war.
15 This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" because|strong="H4480" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" said was|strong="H1961" wrong|strong="H7451". They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H4480" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H4714" them|strong="H0853" since|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5704" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714".
16 And|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519" killed many|strong="H7235" innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H0834". He|strong="H0834" filled|strong="H4390" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H5704" one|strong="H6310" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H5704" another|strong="H1571" with|strong="H4390" blood|strong="H1818". And|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5704" these|strong="H0834" sins|strong="H2398" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H0834" caused|strong="H0834" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" sin|strong="H2398". Manasseh|strong="H4519" caused|strong="H0834" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H6310" was|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451".’”
17 All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Manasseh|strong="H4519" did|strong="H6213", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H2398", are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612", \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*.
18 Manasseh|strong="H4519" died and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" ancestors|strong="H0001". He|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" at|strong="H1004" his|strong="H8478" house|strong="H1004". It|strong="H8478" was|strong="H1004" called the|strong="H8478" “Garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798".” His|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" new king|strong="H4427" after him|strong="H5973".
19 Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H8034" 22 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" began to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H4480" ruled|strong="H4427" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4480" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Meshullemeth|strong="H4922" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Haruz|strong="H2743" from|strong="H4480" Jotbah|strong="H3192".
20 Amon did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" said was|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451", just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213".
21 Amon lived just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0834" lived. He|strong="H0834" worshiped|strong="H7812" and|strong="H1980" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0853" idols|strong="H1544" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0834" worshiped|strong="H7812".
22 Amon left|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1980" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" wanted.
23 Amon’s|strong="H0526" servants|strong="H5650" made|strong="H7194" plans against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004".
24 The|strong="H3605" common|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officers who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H7194" plans against|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Amon|strong="H0526". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" made|strong="H7194" Amon’s|strong="H0526" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" the|strong="H3605" new king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".
25 The|strong="H0834" other things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Amon|strong="H0526" did|strong="H6213" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612", \+w The|strong="H0834"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*.
26 Amon was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" grave|strong="H6900" at|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" Garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798". His|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H0853" new king|strong="H4427".