2Ch 33:1-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king , and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem .

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. 3 For ^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.” 5 He 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. 7 Then 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; 8 and 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.” 9 So Manasseh encouraged Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.