2Ki 21 | ABEn | STEP | [ 2 a son 4 years old 3 being twelve 1 Manasseh was ] in his taking reign, and fifty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hephzi-bah.

2 Kings 21

CHAPTER 21 Manasseh's Wicked Reign in Judah

1 [²a son ⁴years old ³being twelve ¹Manasseh was] in his taking reign, and fifty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord; and he went according to the abominations of the nations, which the lord removed from in front of the sons of Israel. 3 And he returned and built the high places which [³tore down ¹Hezekiah ²his father]. And he reestablished an altar to Baal, and made the sacred groves as did Ahab king of Israel; and did obeisance to all the military of the heaven, and he served to them. 4 And he built an altar in the house of the lord, in which he said, In Jerusalem I will establish my name. 5 And he built altars to all the military of the heaven in the two courtyards of the house of the lord. 6 And he led his sons through the fire, and he prognosticated, and foretold. And he made ones who deliver oracles and diviners to multiply to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he put the carving of the sacred grove in the house, in which the lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, in which I chose from out of all the tribes of Israel, that I will put my name there into the eon. 8 And I will not proceed to shake the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers; only if they should guard to do according to all which I gave charge to them, according to every law which [³gave charge ⁴to them ²my servant ¹Moses].

The Prophets Speak of Coming Judgment

9 And they did not hearken. And Manasseh misled them to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord above the nations which the lord removed in front of the sons of Israel. 10 And the lord spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying, 11 On account of as much as [⁴did ¹Manasseh ²king ³of Judah ⁷abominations ⁵these ⁶wicked] according to all as much as [³did ¹the ²Amorite] before him, and [⁴into sin ¹even ²indeed ³Judah] by his idols. 12 Is it not so? Thus says the lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring evils upon Jerusalem and Judah, so that all hearing, it shall sound in both of his ears. 13 And I stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the weight of the house of Ahab. And I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a writing tablet, and overturns it upon its face. 14 And I will wipe away the vestige of my inheritance, and I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will be for ravaging and for plunder by all their enemies, 15 because of as much as they did the wicked thing in my eyes, and they were provoking me to anger from the day which I led their fathers from out of Egypt, and until this day. 16 And indeed [⁵blood ⁴innocent ¹Manasseh poured out ³much ²exceedingly], until of which he filled Jerusalem of it mouth to mouth; outside of his sins, which he led Judah into sin, to do the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord. 17 And the rest of the words of Manasseh, and all as much as he did, and his sin which he sinned, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in the garden of his house in the garden of Uzza. And [³reigned ¹Amon ²his son] instead of him.

Amon Reigns in Judah

19 [²a son ³being twenty ⁴and ⁵two ⁶years old ¹Amon was] in his taking reign. And two years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz from out of Jotbah. 20 And he did the wicked thing in the eyes of the lord, as [³did ¹Manasseh ²his father]. 21 And he went in every way in which [²went ¹his father], and he slaved to the idols whom [²slaved to ¹his father], and did obeisance to them. 22 And he abandoned the lord God of his fathers, and he did not go in the way of the lord. 23 And [⁴confederated ¹the ²servants ³of Amon] against him, and they killed the king in his house. 24 And [⁵struck ¹the ²people ³of the ⁴land] the ones confederating against king Amon. And [⁵gave reign to ¹the ²people ³of the ⁴land] Josiah his son instead of him. 25 And the rest of the words of Amon, as much as he did, behold are not these written upon the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Judah? 26 And they entombed him in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And [³reigned ¹Josiah ²his son] instead of him.