1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he began his fifty-five-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

2 H e did evil in the sight of the Lord, after the practices of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

3 F or he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the hosts of the heavens and served them!

For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

4 A nd he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put My Name.

He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

5 A nd he built altars for all the hosts of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the Lord!

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

6 A nd he made his son pass through the fire and burned him as an offering; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and wizards! He did much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

7 H e made a graven image of Asherah and set it 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 the tribes of Israel, will I put My Name forever;

He even set a carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord had 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, I will put My name forever;

8 A nd I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only 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.

and I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers—only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

9 B ut they would not listen; and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations did whom the Lord destroyed before the Israelites!

But they paid no attention, and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 A nd the Lord said through His servants the prophets:

And the Lord spoke by His servants the prophets, saying,

11 B ecause Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols,

“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols),

12 T herefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle!

therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

13 A nd I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

14 A nd I will cast off the rest of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies,

So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies,

15 F or they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger since their fathers came out of Egypt to this day.

because they have done evil in My sight, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

16 M oreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, filling Jerusalem from one end to another—besides his sin in making Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the Lord!

Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

17 T he rest of the acts of Manasseh, all that he did, and his sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh—all that he did, and the sin that he committed— are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

18 M anasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son reigned in his stead.

So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place. Amon’s Reign and Death

19 A mon was twenty-two years old when he began his two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20 h e also did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

21 H e walked in all the ways of his father; and he served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

So he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.

22 H e forsook the Lord, the God of his, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

He forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

23 T he servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

Then the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.

24 B ut the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and made Josiah his son king in his stead.

But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

25 T he rest of the acts of Amon, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

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?

26 H e was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Josiah his son succeeded him.

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then Josiah his son reigned in his place.