2 Chronicles 33:1-9
Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah in Judah
1 aManasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2 bHe did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel. 3For che rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; dhe also set up altars for the Baals and made ▼▼I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
Asherim, and he worshiped all the heavenly ▼▼Lit host
lights and served them. 4 gHe built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be hin Jerusalem forever.” 5He built altars for all the heavenly ▼▼Lit host
lights in jthe two courtyards of the house of the Lord. 6 kHe also made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery, and ldealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. 7Then he put mthe carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “ nIn this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; 8and I will not remove the foot of Israel again from the land owhich I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will take care to do everything that I have commanded them according to all the Law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses.” 9So Manasseh encouraged Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.
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