2Kings 21

21Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah.H4519H8147H6240H8141H1121H4427H4427H2572H2568H8141H3389H517H8034H26572He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.H6213H7451H5869H3068H8441H1471H3068H3423H6440H1121H34783He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.H1129H7725H1116H2396H1H6H6965H4196H1168H6213H842H6213H256H4428H3478H7812H6635H8064H56474He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my Name."H1129H4196H1004H3068H3068H559H3389H7760H80345In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.H1129H4196H6635H8064H8147H2691H1004H30686He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.H1121H5674H784H6049H5172H6213H178H3049H6213H7235H7451H5869H3068H37077He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD 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.H7760H6459H842H6213H1004H3068H559H1732H8010H1121H1004H3389H977H7626H3478H7760H8034H57698I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them."H7272H3478H5110H3254H127H5414H1H8104H6213H6680H8451H5650H4872H66809But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.H8085H4519H8582H6213H7451H1471H3068H8045H6440H1121H347810The LORD said through his servants the prophets:H3068H1696H3027H5650H5030H55911"Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.H4519H4428H3063H6213H8441H7489H567H6213H6440H3063H2398H154412Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.H559H3068H430H3478H935H7451H3389H3063H8085H8147H241H675013I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.H5186H3389H6957H8111H4949H1004H256H4229H3389H4229H6747H4229H2015H644014I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their foes,H5203H7611H5159H5414H3027H341H957H4933H34115because they have done evil in my eyes and have provoked me to anger from the day their forefathers came out of Egypt until this day."H6213H7451H5869H4480H3707H3117H1H3318H4714H311716Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end--besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the LORD.H4519H8210H5355H1818H3966H7235H4390H3389H6310H6310H2403H3063H2398H6213H7451H5869H306817As for the other events of Manasseh's reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?H3499H1697H4519H6213H2403H2398H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306318Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.H4519H7901H1H6912H1588H1004H1588H5798H526H1121H442719Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.H526H6242H8147H8141H1121H4427H4427H8147H8141H3389H517H8034H4922H1323H2743H319220He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.H6213H7451H5869H3068H1H4519H621321He walked in all the ways of his father; he worshiped the idols his father had worshiped, and bowed down to them.H3212H1870H1H1980H5647H1544H1H5647H781222He forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.H5800H3068H430H1H1980H1870H306823Amon's officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.H5650H526H7194H4191H4428H100424Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.H5971H776H5221H7194H4428H526H5971H776H2977H1121H442725As for the other events of Amon's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?H3499H1697H526H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306326He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.H6912H6900H1588H5798H2977H1121H4427