21Manasseh began to reign at the age of twelve, and he reigned for 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Hephzibah.H4519H8147H6240H8141H1121H4427H4427H2572H2568H8141H3389H517H8034H26572He did what the Lord considered to be evil, following the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord had expelled in full view of the people of Israel.H6213H7451H5869H3068H8441H1471H3068H3423H6440H1121H34783He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He erected altars for Baal, crafted an Asherah, just as King Ahab of Israel had done, and worshipped and served the stars of heaven.H1129H7725H1116H2396H1H6H6965H4196H1168H6213H842H6213H256H4428H3478H7812H6635H8064H56474He also built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "In Jerusalem I will place my Name."H1129H4196H1004H3068H3068H559H3389H7760H80345He built two altars to every star in the heavens in the two courts of the Lord's temple.H1129H4196H6635H8064H8147H2691H1004H30686He made his son into a burnt offering, practiced witchcraft, used divination, and consorted with mediums and spirit-channelers. He practiced many things that the Lord considered to be evil and provoked him.H1121H5674H784H6049H5172H6213H178H3049H6213H7235H7451H5869H3068H37077He also erected the carved image of Asherah that he had made inside the temple about which the Lord had spoken to David and to his son Solomon, "I will put my Name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all of the tribes of Israel.H7760H6459H842H6213H1004H3068H559H1732H8010H1121H1004H3389H977H7626H3478H7760H8034H57698And I will not make Israel's feet to wander anymore from the land that I have given to their ancestors, if they will only be careful to do everything that I have commanded them according to the entire law that my servant Moses commanded them."H7272H3478H5110H3254H127H5414H1H8104H6213H6680H8451H5650H4872H66809But they would not listen. Manasseh led them astray to practice more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed in the presence of the Israelites.7H8085H4519H8582H6213H7451H1471H3068H8045H6440H1121H347810So the Lord announced through his prophets,H3068H1696H3027H5650H5030H55911"Because King Manasseh of Judah has committed these despicable things, acting more sinfully than did all of the Amorites who preceded him, including making Judah sin with its idols,H4519H4428H3063H6213H8441H7489H567H6213H6440H3063H2398H154412therefore this is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Look! I'm going to bring such a disaster to Jerusalem and Judah that both ears of those who hear about it will ring.H559H3068H430H3478H935H7451H3389H3063H8085H8147H241H675013I'll stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line that is Samaria and the plumb line that is Ahab's dynasty. Then I'll wipe Jerusalem like one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down!H5186H3389H6957H8111H4949H1004H256H4229H3389H4229H6747H4229H2015H644014I will abandon the survivors of my heritage and hand them over to their enemies. They will become war booty and spoil to all of their enemiesH5203H7611H5159H5414H3027H341H957H4933H34115because they have done what I consider to be evil and they have provoked me from the day their ancestors left Egypt right up to this day!'"H6213H7451H5869H4480H3707H3117H1H3318H4714H311716In addition to this, Manasseh shed lots of innocent blood - until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he caused Judah to sin by practicing what the Lord considered to be evil.H4519H8210H5355H1818H3966H7235H4390H3389H6310H6310H2403H3063H2398H6213H7451H5869H306817The rest of Manasseh's deeds, including everything that he accomplished and the sin that he practiced, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?H3499H1697H4519H6213H2403H2398H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306318Manasseh died, as did his ancestors, and he was buried in the garden at his home in the Garden of Uzza. His son Amon became king in his place.H4519H7901H1H6912H1588H1004H1588H5798H526H1121H442719Amon began to reign at the age of 22, and ruled for two years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.H526H6242H8147H8141H1121H4427H4427H8147H8141H3389H517H8034H4922H1323H2743H319220He practiced what the Lord considered to be evil, just as his father Manasseh had done,H6213H7451H5869H3068H1H4519H621321because he completely adopted his father's lifestyle, serving the same idols his father had served and worshiped.H3212H1870H1H1980H5647H1544H1H5647H781222As a result, he abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not walk in the Lord's way.H5800H3068H430H1H1980H1870H306823Later on, Amon's staff conspired against him and killed the king inside his own home.H5650H526H7194H4191H4428H100424But afterward, the people of the land executed everyone who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land installed his son Josiah to be king in his place.H5971H776H5221H7194H4428H526H5971H776H2977H1121H442725Now the rest of Amon's activities that he undertook are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?26He was buried in his own grave in the Garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.H3499H1697H526H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063