^{1 Ref} Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king; for fifty-five years he was ruling in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.

^{2 Ref} He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of those nations whom the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

^{3 Ref} He put up again the high places which had been pulled down by Hezekiah his father; he made altars for Baal, and an Asherah, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; he was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven.

^{4 Ref} And he put up altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

^{5 Ref} And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

^{6 Ref} And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

^{7 Ref} He put the image of Asherah which he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever.

^{8 Ref} And never again will I send the feet of Israel wandering from the land which I gave to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, and keep all the law which my servant Moses gave them.

^{9 Ref} But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

^{10 Ref} And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets,

^{11 Ref} Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amorites before him, and making Judah do evil with his false gods,

^{12 Ref} For this cause, says the Lord, the God of Israel, I will send such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of all to whom the news comes will be burning.

^{13 Ref} And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.

^{14 Ref} And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;

^{15 Ref} Because they have done evil in my eyes, moving me to wrath, from the day when their fathers came out of Egypt till this day.

^{16 Ref} More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

^{17 Ref} Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

^{18 Ref} So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

^{19 Ref} Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

^{20 Ref} He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

²¹ He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;

^{22 Ref} Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

^{23 Ref} And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.

^{24 Ref} But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

^{25 Ref} Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

^{26 Ref} He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

^{1 Ref} A son of twelve years `is' Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother `is' Hephzi-Bah;

^{2 Ref} and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel,

^{3 Ref} and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them.

^{4 Ref} And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, `In Jerusalem I put My name.'

^{5 Ref} And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah;

^{6 Ref} and he hath caused his son to pass through fire, and observed clouds, and used enchantment, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah -- to provoke to anger.

^{7 Ref} And he setteth the graven image of the shrine that he made in the house of which Jehovah said unto David and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name -- to the age;

^{8 Ref} and I do not add to cause the foot of Israel to move from the ground that I gave to their fathers, only, if they observe to do according to all that I commanded them, and to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.'

^{9 Ref} And they have not hearkened, and Manasseh causeth them to err, to do the evil thing above the nations that Jehovah destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

^{10 Ref} And Jehovah speaketh by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying,

^{11 Ref} `Because that Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations -- he hath done evil above all that the Amorites have done who `are' before him, and causeth also Judah to sin by his idols;

^{12 Ref} therefore thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Lo, I am bringing in evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever heareth of it, tingle do his two ears.

^{13 Ref} And I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned `it' on its face.

^{14 Ref} `And I have left the remnant of Mine inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and they have been for a prey and for a spoil to all their enemies,

^{15 Ref} because that they have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, and are provoking Me to anger from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day.'

^{16 Ref} And also, innocent blood hath Manasseh shed very much, till that he hath filled Jerusalem -- mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he hath caused Judah to sin, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

^{17 Ref} And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

^{18 Ref} And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead.

^{19 Ref} A son of twenty and two years `is' Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother `is' Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah,

^{20 Ref} and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father,

²¹ and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them,

^{22 Ref} and forsaketh Jehovah, God of his fathers, and hath not walked in the way of Jehovah.

^{23 Ref} And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house,

^{24 Ref} and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

^{25 Ref} And the rest of the matters of Amon that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

^{26 Ref} and `one' burieth him in his burying-place in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Josiah his son in his stead.