1 A son of twelve years Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother Hephzi-Bah;

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 doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons 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 a nd he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth 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 hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, `In Jerusalem 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 buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;

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

6 a nd he hath caused his son to pass through fire, and observed clouds, and used enchantment, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah -- to provoke 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 setteth the graven image of the shrine that he made in the house of which Jehovah said unto David and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name -- to the age;

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 a nd I do not add to cause the foot of Israel to move from the ground that I gave to their fathers, only, if they observe to do according to all that I commanded them, and 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 A nd they have not hearkened, and Manasseh causeth them to err, to do the evil thing above the nations that Jehovah destroyed from the presence of the sons 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 Jehovah speaketh by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying,

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

11 ` Because that Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations -- he hath done evil above all that the Amorites have done who before him, and causeth also Judah to sin by 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 said Jehovah, God of Israel, Lo, I am bringing in evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever heareth of it, tingle do his two ears.

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 have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned on its face.

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 ` And I have left the remnant of Mine inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and they have been for a prey and for 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 that they have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, and are provoking Me to anger from the day that their fathers came 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 A nd also, innocent blood hath Manasseh shed very much, till that he hath filled Jerusalem -- mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he hath caused Judah to sin, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

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 A nd the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written on 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 lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Amon his son 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 son of twenty and two years Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother Meshullemeth 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 doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father,

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

21 a nd walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,

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

22 a nd forsaketh Jehovah, God of his fathers, and hath not walked in the way of Jehovah.

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 conspire against him, and put the king to death 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 smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign 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 A nd the rest of the matters of Amon that he did, are they not written on 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 burieth him in his burying-place in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Josiah his son in his stead.

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