Manasseh{H4519} was twelve{H8147}{H6240} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} fifty{H2572} and five{H2568} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}:

But did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, like unto the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

For he built{H1129}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the high places{H1116} which Hezekiah{H3169} his father{H1} had broken down{H5422}{(H8765)}, and he reared up{H6965}{(H8686)} altars{H4196} for Baalim{H1168}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} groves{H842}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them.

Also he built{H1129}{(H8804)} altars{H4196} in the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, whereof the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)}, In Jerusalem{H3389} shall my name{H8034} be for ever{H5769}.

And he built{H1129}{(H8799)} altars{H4196} for all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} in the two{H8147} courts{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.

And he caused{H5674} his children{H1121} to pass through{H5674}{(H8689)} the fire{H784} in the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom{H2011}: also he observed times{H6049}{(H8782)}, and used enchantments{H5172}{(H8765)}, and used witchcraft{H3784}{(H8765)}, and dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} with a familiar spirit{H178}, and with wizards{H3049}: he wrought{H6213}{(H8800)} much{H7235}{(H8689)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, to provoke him to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}.

And he set{H7760}{(H8799)} a carved image{H6459}, the idol{H5566} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, in the house{H1004} of God{H430}, of which God{H430} had said{H559}{(H8804)} to David{H1732} and to Solomon{H8010} his son{H1121}, In this house{H1004}, and in Jerusalem{H3389}, which I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} before all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, will I put{H7760}{(H8799)} my name{H8034} for ever{H5865}:

Neither will I any more{H3254}{(H8686)} remove{H5493}{(H8687)} the foot{H7272} of Israel{H3478} from out{H5921} of the land{H127} which I have appointed{H5975}{(H8689)} for your fathers{H1}; so that{H518} they will take heed{H8104}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} all that I have commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} them, according to the whole law{H8451} and the statutes{H2706} and the ordinances{H4941} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.

So Manasseh{H4519} made{H8582} Judah{H3063} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389} to err{H8582}{(H8686)}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} worse{H7451} than the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had destroyed{H8045}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.

And the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} to Manasseh{H4519}, and to his people{H5971}: but they would not hearken{H7181}{(H8689)}.

Wherefore the LORD{H3068} brought{H935}{(H8686)} upon them the captains of{H8269} the host of{H6635} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, which took{H3920}{(H8799)} Manasseh{H4519} among the thorns{H2336}, and bound him{H631}{(H8799)} with fetters{H5178}, and carried{H3212}{(H8686)} him to Babylon{H894}.

And when he was in affliction{H6887}{(H8687)}, he besought{H2470}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} himself greatly{H3966} before{H6440} the God{H430} of his fathers{H1},

And prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto him: and he was intreated{H6279}{(H8735)} of him, and heard{H8085}{(H8799)} his supplication{H8467}, and brought him again{H7725}{(H8686)} to Jerusalem{H3389} into his kingdom{H4438}. Then Manasseh{H4519} knew{H3045}{(H8799)} that the LORD{H3068} he was God{H430}.

Now after this{H310} he built{H1129}{(H8804)} a wall{H2346} without{H2435} the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, on the west side{H4628} of Gihon{H1521}, in the valley{H5158}, even to the entering in{H935}{(H8800)} at the fish{H1709} gate{H8179}, and compassed{H5437}{(H8804)} about Ophel{H6077}, and raised it up{H1361}{(H8686)} a very great height{H3966}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} captains{H8269} of war{H2428} in all the fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}.

And he took away{H5493}{(H8686)} the strange{H5236} gods{H430}, and the idol{H5566} out of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and all the altars{H4196} that he had built{H1129}{(H8804)} in the mount{H2022} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and in Jerusalem{H3389}, and cast{H7993}{(H8686)} them out{H2351} of the city{H5892}.

And he repaired{H1129}{(H8799)} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}, and sacrificed{H2076}{(H8799)} thereon peace{H8002} offerings{H2077} and thank offerings{H8426}, and commanded{H559}{(H8799)} Judah{H3063} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.

Nevertheless{H61} the people{H5971} did sacrifice{H2076}{(H8802)} still in the high places{H1116}, yet unto the LORD{H3068} their God{H430} only.

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Manasseh{H4519}, and his prayer{H8605} unto his God{H430}, and the words{H1697} of the seers{H2374} that spake{H1696}{(H8764)} to him in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, behold, they are written in the book{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}.

His prayer{H8605} also, and how God was intreated{H6279}{(H8736)} of him, and all his sin{H2403}, and his trespass{H4604}, and the places{H4725} wherein he built{H1129}{(H8804)} high places{H1116}, and set up{H5975}{(H8689)} groves{H842} and graven images{H6456}, before{H6440} he was humbled{H3665}{(H8736)}: behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} among the sayings{H1697} of the seers{H2374}{(H8676)}{H2335}.

So Manasseh{H4519} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in his own house{H1004}: and Amon{H526} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead.

Amon{H526} was two{H8147} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} two{H8147} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}.

But he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, as did{H6213}{(H8804)} Manasseh{H4519} his father{H1}: for Amon{H526} sacrificed{H2076}{(H8765)} unto all the carved images{H6456} which Manasseh{H4519} his father{H1} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} them;

And humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} not himself before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, as Manasseh{H4519} his father{H1} had humbled{H3665}{(H8736)} himself; but Amon{H526} trespassed{H819} more and more{H7235}{(H8689)}.

And his servants{H5650} conspired{H7194}{(H8799)} against him, and slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him in his own house{H1004}.

But the people{H5971} of the land{H776} slew{H5221}{(H8686)} all them that had conspired{H7194}{(H8802)} against king{H4428} Amon{H526}; and the people{H5971} of the land{H776} made{H4427} Josiah{H2977} his son{H1121} king{H4427}{(H8686)} in his stead.