ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 21
1. Manasseh[H4519] was twelve[H8147] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] five[H2568] and fifty[H2572] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Hephzibah[H2657].
2. And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], after the abominations[H8441] of the nations[H1471] whom Jehovah[H3068] cast out[H3423] before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
3. For he built[H1129] again[H7725] the high places[H1116] which Hezekiah[H2396] his father[H1] had destroyed[H6]; and he reared up[H6965] altars[H4196] for Baal[H1168], and made[H6213] an Asherah[H842], as did[H6213] Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], and worshipped[H7812] all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], and served them[H5647].
4. And he built[H1129] altars[H4196] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], whereof Jehovah[H3068] said[H559], In Jerusalem[H3389] will I put[H7760] my name[H8034].
5. And he built[H1129] altars[H4196] for all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064] in the two[H8147] courts[H2691] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
6. And he made his son[H1121] to pass[H5674] through the fire[H784], and practised augury[H6049], and used enchantments[H5172], and dealt[H6213] with them that had familiar spirits[H178], and with wizards[H3049]: he wrought[H6213] much[H7235] evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], to provoke him to anger[H3707].
7. And he set[H7760] the graven image[H6459] of Asherah[H842], that he had made[H6213], in the house[H1004] of which Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] to David[H1732] and to Solomon[H8010] his son[H1121], In this house[H1004], and in Jerusalem[H3389], which I have chosen[H977] out of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], will I put[H7760] my name[H8034] for ever[H5769];
8. neither will I cause the feet[H7272] of Israel[H3478] to wander[H5110] any more[H3254] out of the land[H127] which I gave[H5414] their fathers[H1], if only they will observe[H8104] to do[H6213] according to all that I have commanded[H6680] them[H8451], and according to all the law that my servant[H5650] Moses[H4872] commanded them[H6680].
9. But they hearkened[H8085] not[H4519]: and Manasseh seduced[H8582] them to do[H6213] that which is evil[H7451] more than did the nations[H1471] whom Jehovah[H3068] destroyed[H8045] before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
10. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] by[H3027] his servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], saying[H559],
11. Because Manasseh[H4519] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] hath done[H6213] these abominations[H8441], and hath done wickedly[H7489] above all that the Amorites[H567] did[H6213], that were before[H6440] him[H3063], and hath made Judah also to sin[H2398] with his idols[H1544];
12. therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Behold[H935], I bring such evil[H7451] upon Jerusalem[H3389] and Judah[H3063], that whosoever heareth[H8085] of it[H8147], both his ears[H241] shall tingle[H6750].
13. And I will stretch[H5186] over Jerusalem[H3389] the line[H6957] of Samaria[H8111], and the plummet[H4949] of the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256]; and I will wipe[H4229] Jerusalem[H3389] as a man wipeth[H4229] a dish[H6747], wiping[H4229] it and turning[H2015] it upside down[H6440].
14. And I will cast off[H5203] the remnant[H7611] of mine inheritance[H5159], and deliver[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H341]; and they shall become a prey[H957] and a spoil[H4933] to all their enemies[H341];
15. because they have done[H6213] that which is evil[H7451] in my sight[H5869], and have provoked[H4480] me to anger[H3707], since the day[H3117] their fathers[H1] came forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714], even unto this day[H3117].
16. Moreover Manasseh[H4519] shed[H8210] innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] very[H3966] much[H7235], till he had filled[H4390] Jerusalem[H3389] from one end[H6310] to another[H6310]; besides his sin[H2403] wherewith he made Judah[H3063] to sin[H2398], in doing[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068].
17. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Manasseh[H4519], and all that he did[H6213], and his sin[H2403] that he sinned[H2398], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063]?
18. And Manasseh[H4519] slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] in the garden[H1588] of his own house[H1004], in the garden[H1588] of Uzza[H5798]: and Amon[H526] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].
19. Amon[H526] was twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] two[H8147] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Meshullemeth[H4922] the daughter[H1323] of Haruz[H2743] of Jotbah[H3192].
20. And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], as did[H6213] Manasseh[H4519] his father[H1].
21. And he walked[H3212] in all the way[H1870] that his father[H1] walked in[H1980], and served[H5647] the idols[H1544] that his father[H1] served[H5647], and worshipped them[H7812]:
22. and he forsook[H5800] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of his fathers[H1], and walked[H1980] not in the way[H1870] of Jehovah[H3068].
23. And the servants[H5650] of Amon[H526] conspired[H7194] against him[H4428], and put the king to death[H4191] in his own house[H1004].
24. But the people[H5971] of the land[H776] slew[H5221] all them that had conspired[H7194] against king[H4428] Amon[H526]; and the people[H5971] of the land[H776] made Josiah[H2977] his son[H1121] king in his stead[H4427].
25. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Amon[H526] which he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063]?
26. And he was buried[H6912] in his sepulchre[H6900] in the garden[H1588] of Uzza[H5798]: and Josiah[H2977] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].
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