33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
33:2 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
33:3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
33:4 He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
33:5 In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
33:6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
33:7 He took the carved image he had made and put it in God’s temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
33:8 I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and ordinances given through Moses.”
33:9 But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
33:10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
33:11 So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
33:12 In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
33:13 And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
33:14 Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
33:15 He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the LORD, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city.
33:16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
33:17 The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
33:18 The other events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
33:19 His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself–all are written in the records of the seers.
33:20 Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
33:22 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made.
33:23 But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the LORD; Amon increased his guilt.
33:24 Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
33:25 Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
33:2 And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.
33:3 And he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had torn down; and he raised up altars to the Baals and made Asherahs, and he worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.
33:4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, concerning which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will My name be forever.
33:5 And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
33:6 And he caused his children to pass through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and practiced soothsaying and enchantments and sorcery, and appointed mediums and spiritists; he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah beyond measure, provoking Him to anger.
33:7 And he put the engraved image of the idol that he had made in the house of God, concerning which God 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;
33:8 And I will no longer remove the foot of Israel from the land that I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will be certain to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses.
33:9 And Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray to do more evil than the nations which Jehovah had destroyed before the children of Israel.
33:10 And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not listen.
33:11 Therefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the army which belonged to the king of Assyria, and they took Manasseh captive with hooks and bound him in bronze fetters and took him to Babylon.
33:12 And in his distress he entreated Jehovah his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
33:13 And he prayed to Him, and He was entreated by him and heard his supplication; and He brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah indeed was God.
33:14 And afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley even to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he surrounded the Ophel with it and raised it very high. And he put the valorous captains in all the fortified cities in Judah.
33:15 And he removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of Jehovah and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and he cast them out of the city.
33:16 And he restored the altar of Jehovah, and he sacrificed on it sacrifices of peace offerings and thank offerings; and he commanded Judah to serve Jehovah the God of Israel.
33:17 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed at the high places but did so to Jehovah their God.
33:18 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 Jehovah the God of Israel are there, written among the records of the kings of Israel.
33:19 His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up the Asherahs and the idols before he humbled himself are there written among the records of Hozai.
33:20 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house. And Amon his son reigned in his place.
33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
33:22 And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done. And Amon sacrificed to all the idols that Manasseh his father had made and served them.
33:23 And he did not humble himself before Jehovah as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this Amon multiplied trespass.
33:24 And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house.
33:25 But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.