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2 Kings 21:1-3
New English Translation
2 Kings 21:1-3
New English Translation
Manasseh’s Reign over Judah
21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother[a] was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil in the sight of[b] the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations[c] whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky[d] and worshiped[e] them.
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- 2 Kings 21:1 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
- 2 Kings 21:2 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
- 2 Kings 21:2 tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
- 2 Kings 21:3 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:16.
- 2 Kings 21:3 tn Or “served.”
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