Chapter 33

Manasseh [was] twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ years old when he began to reign,² and he reigned¹ fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

But did⁴ [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out⁵² before the children of Israel.

For he built⁴ again⁴ the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down,¹⁴ and he reared up⁵⁵ altars for Baalim, and made⁴ groves, and worshipped¹⁰¹ all the host of heaven, and served⁴ them.

Also he built¹ altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said,¹ In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

And he built⁴ altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

And he caused his children to pass⁵² through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times,²² and used enchantments,¹⁴ and used witchcraft,¹⁴ and dealt¹ with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought² much⁵² evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.⁵³

And he set⁴ a carved image, the idol which he had made,¹ in the house of God, of which God had said¹ to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen¹ before all the tribes of Israel, will I put⁴ my name for ever:

Neither will I any more⁵⁵ remove⁵³ the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed⁵² for your fathers; so that they will take heed⁴ to do² all that I have commanded¹⁴ them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants⁶ of Jerusalem to err,⁵⁵ [and] to do² worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed⁵² before the children of Israel.

And the LORD spake¹⁷ to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.⁵²

Wherefore the LORD brought⁵⁵ upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took⁴ Manasseh among the thorns, and bound⁴ him with fetters, and carried⁵⁵ him to Babylon.

And when he was in affliction,⁵³ he besought^{14 6440} the LORD his God, and humbled¹¹ himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

And prayed¹⁰¹ unto him: and he was intreated¹¹ of him, and heard⁴ his supplication, and brought him again⁵⁵ to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew⁴ that the LORD he [was] God.

Now after this he built¹ a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in² at the fish gate, and compassed¹ about Ophel, ⁶⁰⁷⁶ and raised it up a very great height,⁵⁵ and put⁴ captains of war in all the fenced⁷ cities of Judah.

And he took away⁵⁵ the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built¹ in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast⁵⁵ [them] out of the city.

And he repaired⁴ the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed⁴ thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded⁴ Judah to serve² the LORD God of Israel.

Nevertheless the people did sacrifice⁶ still in the high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake¹⁸ to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they [are written] in the book of the kings of Israel.

His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated⁹ of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built¹ high places, and set up⁵² groves and graven images, before he was humbled:⁹ behold, they [are] written⁷ among the sayings of the seers. ²³³⁵

So Manasseh slept⁴ with his fathers, and they buried⁴ him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned⁴ in his stead.

Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to reign,² and reigned¹ two years in Jerusalem.

But he did⁴ [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, as did¹ Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed¹⁴ unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made,¹ and served⁴ them;

And humbled⁸ not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled⁹ himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.⁵²

And his servants conspired⁴ against him, and slew⁵⁵ him in his own house.

But the people of the land slew⁵⁵ all them that had conspired⁶ against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king⁵⁵ in his stead.