1 M anasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 H e did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

But he did evil in the Lord’s sight, like the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.

3 F or he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared altars for the Baals and made the Asherim and worshiped all the hosts of the heavens and served them.

4 H e built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

Also he built altars in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall My Name be forever.

5 F or he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

He built altars for all the hosts of the heavens in the two courts of the Lord’s house.

6 H e made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

And he burned his children as an offering in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, and practiced soothsaying, augury, and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

7 T hen he put the carved image of 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 from all the tribes of Israel, I will put 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 forever;

8 a nd I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses.”

And I will no more remove Israel from the land which I appointed for your fathers, if they will only take heed to do all that I have commanded them, the whole law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses.

9 T hus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. Manasseh’s Idolatry Rebuked

So Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the heathen whom the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

10 T he Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not hearken.

11 T herefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.

So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and in fetters and brought him to Babylon.

12 W hen he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

13 W hen he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

He prayed to Him, and God, entreated by him, heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

14 N ow after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

And he built an outer wall to the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and ran it around Ophel, raising it to a very great height; and he put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.

15 H e also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the Lord, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

And he took away the foreign gods and the idol out of the house of the Lord and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city.

16 H e set up the altar of the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

And he restored the Lord’s altar and sacrificed on it offerings of peace and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.

17 N evertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, although only to the Lord their God.

Yet the people still sacrificed in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.

18 N ow the rest of the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and 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, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

19 H is prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai.

His prayer and how God heard him, and all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and graven images before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.

20 S o Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his place. Amon Becomes King in Judah

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son reigned in his stead.

21 A mon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began his two-year reign in Jerusalem.

22 H e did evil in the sight of the Lord as Manasseh his father had done, and Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father; for Amon sacrificed to all the images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them,

23 M oreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied guilt.

And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father did; but Amon trespassed and became more and more guilty.

24 F inally his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house.

25 B ut the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his stead.