²³ And he did not humble himself before the Lord, ^(A)as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred guilt more and more.

¹² And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God ^(A)and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

¹⁹ And his prayer, and how ^(A)God was moved by his entreaty, and all his sin and his faithlessness, and the sites ^(B)on which he built high places and set up the ^(C)Asherim and the images, before ^(D)he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers.^[a]

¹³ while ^(A)evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and ^(B)being deceived.

^26 (A)Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, ^(B)but stiffened their neck. ^(C)They did worse than their fathers.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

33 ^(A)Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Ahaz's Idolatry

²² In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.