1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

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

2 A nd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

Manasseh did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. He did the sinful things that were done by the nations whom the Lord drove out from the people 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 a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

He built again the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He built altars for Baal and made an object out of wood to worship the false goddess Asherah. He did as Ahab king of Israel had done. He worshiped all the stars 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 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 host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

Manasseh built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two open spaces of the Lord’s house.

6 A nd he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

He gave his son as a burnt gift, used witchcraft and told the future. He listened to those who spoke with spirits and used their secret ways. He did things that were very sinful in the eyes of the Lord, and made the Lord angry.

7 A nd he set a graven image of the grove that he had made 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 tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Then Manasseh put the object he had made for Asherah into the house of the Lord. But the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “I have chosen this house and Jerusalem from all the families of Israel. Here I will put My name forever.

8 N either will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if 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.

I will not make the feet of Israel travel any more from the land I gave to their fathers. But they must obey all that I have told them, and all the Law that My servant Moses told to them.”

9 B ut they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

But they did not listen. Manasseh led them to sin more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed from in front of the people of Israel.

10 A nd the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

Now the Lord spoke through His servants who tell what will happen in the future. He said,

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

“Manasseh king of Judah has done these sinful things. He has sinned more than all the Amorites who were before him. And he has made Judah sin with his false gods. Because he has done this,

12 T herefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘See, I am bringing such trouble upon Jerusalem and Judah, that the ears of whoever hears it will be painful.

13 A nd I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

I will punish Jerusalem as I did Samaria and as I did the family of Ahab. I will dry Jerusalem as one dries a dish, rubbing it and turning it upside-down.

14 A nd I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

I will leave alone all who are left of My people, and give them to those who hate them. They will become something taken after the battle by those who fight against them.

15 B ecause they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

Because they have done what is bad in My eyes. They have been making Me angry since the day their fathers came from Egypt until this day.’”

16 M oreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Manasseh killed many who were without guilt. He filled Jerusalem with blood from one end to another. He sinned and made Judah sin, by doing what is sinful in the eyes of the Lord.

17 N ow the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and his sins are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

18 A nd Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

Manasseh died and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon became king in his place. Amon Rules Judah

19 A mon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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

20 A nd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

Amon did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

21 A nd he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

He walked in all the ways that his father had walked. He worshiped false gods like his father had.

22 A nd he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

So he turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers. He did not walk in the way of the Lord.

23 A nd the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

And the servants of Amon made plans against him, and killed the king in his own house.

24 A nd 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.

Then the people of the land killed all those who had made plans against King Amon. And they made Josiah his son king in his place.

25 N ow 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?

Now the rest of the acts of Amon are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

26 A nd he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza. And his son Josiah became king in his place.