2 Kings 21
1 Manasseh was
twelve years old when he began to
reign, and
reigned fifty and
five years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Hephzibah. 2 And he
did that which was
evil in the
sight of the
LORD, after the
abominations of the
heathen, whom the
LORD cast
out before the
children of
Israel. 3 For he built
up again the high
places which
Hezekiah his
father had
destroyed; and he reared
up altars for
Baal, and
made a
grove, as
did Ahab king of
Israel; and
worshipped all the
host of
heaven, and
served them.
4 And he
built altars in the
house of the
LORD, of which the
LORD said, In
Jerusalem will I
put my
name. 5 And he
built altars for all the
host of
heaven in the
two courts of the
house of the
LORD. 6 And he made his
son pass through the
fire, and observed
times, and used
enchantments, and
dealt with familiar
spirits and
wizards: he
wrought much wickedness in the
sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to
anger.
7 And he
set a graven
image of the
grove that he had
made in the
house, of which the
LORD said to
David, and to
Solomon his
son, In this
house, and in
Jerusalem, which I have
chosen out of all
tribes of
Israel, will I
put my
name for
ever: 8 Neither will I make the
feet of
Israel move any
more out of the
land which I
gave their
fathers; only if they will
observe to
do according to all that I have
commanded them, and according to all the
law that my
servant Moses commanded them.
9 But they
hearkened not: and
Manasseh seduced them to
do more
evil than did the
nations whom the
LORD destroyed before the
children of
Israel. 10 And the
LORD spake by his
servants the
prophets, saying,
11 Because
Manasseh king of
Judah hath
done these
abominations, and hath done
wickedly above all that the
Amorites did, which were
before him, and hath made
Judah also to
sin with his
idols: 12 Therefore thus
saith the
LORD God of
Israel, Behold, I am
bringing such
evil upon
Jerusalem and
Judah, that whosoever
heareth of it,
both his
ears shall
tingle.
13 And I will
stretch over
Jerusalem the
line of
Samaria, and the
plummet of the
house of
Ahab: and I will
wipe Jerusalem as a man
wipeth a
dish, wiping it, and
turning it upside
down. 14 And I will
forsake the
remnant of mine
inheritance, and
deliver them into the
hand of their
enemies; and they shall become a
prey and a
spoil to all their
enemies;
15 Because they have
done that which was
evil in my
sight, and have
provoked me to
anger, since the
day their
fathers came
forth out of
Egypt, even unto this
day. 16 Moreover
Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had
filled Jerusalem from one
end to
another; beside his
sin wherewith he made
Judah to
sin, in
doing that which was
evil in the
sight of the
LORD. 17 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Manasseh, and all that he
did, and his
sin that he
sinned, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah? 18 And
Manasseh slept with his
fathers, and was
buried in the
garden of his own
house, in the
garden of
Uzza: and
Amon his
son reigned in his stead.
19 Amon was
twenty and
two years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned two years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Meshullemeth, the
daughter of
Haruz of
Jotbah. 20 And he
did that which was
evil in the
sight of the
LORD, as his
father Manasseh did.
21 And he
walked in all the
way that his
father walked
in, and
served the
idols that his
father served, and
worshipped them:
22 And he
forsook the
LORD God of his
fathers, and
walked not in the
way of the
LORD. 23 And the
servants of
Amon conspired against him, and
slew the
king in his own
house. 24 And the
people of the
land slew all them that had
conspired against
king Amon; and the
people of the
land made
Josiah his
son king in his stead.
25 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Amon which he
did, are they not
written in the
book of the
chronicles of the
kings of
Judah? 26 And he was
buried in his
sepulchre in the
garden of
Uzza: and
Josiah his
son reigned in his stead.