2Ki 21:1-7 | NASB2020 | STEP | Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king , and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem ; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah .

2 Kings 21:1-7

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah

1 ^aManasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 ^bHe did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^cin accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the Lord ^{▼▼Or drove out}dispossessed before the sons of Israel. 3 For ^ehe rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and ^fhe erected altars for Baal and made an ^{▼▼I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity}Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he ^hworshiped all the heavenly ^{▼▼Lit host}lights and served them. 4 And ^jhe built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “ ^kIn Jerusalem I will put My name.” 5 He built altars for ^lall the heavenly ^{▼▼Lit host}lights in ⁿthe two courtyards of the house of the Lord. 6 And ^ohe made his son pass through the fire, ^pinterpreted signs, practiced divination, and used mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. 7 Then ^qhe put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “ ^rIn this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.