He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom.(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

Manasseh(C) set up a carved image of the idol he had made, in God’s temple,(D) about which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “I will establish My name forever[a](E) in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:7 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; 2Kg 21:7; MT reads name for Elom

He sacrificed his children(A) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(B) and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple,(D) of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

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