2 Chronik 33
Hoffnung für Alle
König Manasse von Juda (2. Könige 21,1‒18)
33 Manasse wurde mit 12 Jahren König und regierte 55 Jahre in Jerusalem. 2 Er tat, was dem Herrn missfiel, und übernahm die abscheulichen Bräuche der Völker, die der Herr aus dem Land vertrieben hatte, um es seinem Volk Israel zu geben. 3 Er baute die Opferstätten wieder auf, die sein Vater Hiskia zerstört hatte. Er errichtete Altäre für den Gott Baal und stellte heilige Pfähle auf, die der Göttin Aschera geweiht waren. Er betete die Sterne an und verehrte sie. 4 Sogar im Tempel des Herrn stellte er seine Altäre auf, obwohl der Herr über diesen Ort gesagt hatte: »Hier in Jerusalem will ich für immer wohnen.« 5 Manasse aber errichtete in beiden Vorhöfen des Tempels Altäre, um darauf den Sternen zu opfern. 6 Er verbrannte seine Söhne im Hinnomtal als Opfer, trieb Zauberei, Wahrsagerei und Magie und ließ sich von Totenbeschwörern und Hellsehern die Zukunft voraussagen. So tat er vieles, was dem Herrn missfiel, und forderte seinen Zorn heraus. 7 Er ließ eine Götzenstatue anfertigen und stellte sie im Tempel auf. Dabei hatte Gott zu David und seinem Sohn Salomo gesagt: »In diesem Tempel und in Jerusalem, der Stadt, die ich aus allen Stämmen Israels erwählt habe, will ich selbst für immer wohnen. 8 Ich will die Israeliten nicht mehr aus dem Land vertreiben, das ich ihren Vorfahren gegeben habe, wenn sie nur auf mich hören und das Gesetz mit seinen Geboten und Weisungen befolgen, das ich ihnen durch Mose gegeben habe.« 9 Doch Manasse verführte Jerusalem und ganz Juda zum Bösen. Schließlich trieben sie es schlimmer als die Völker, die der Herr ausgerottet hatte, um das Land den Israeliten zu geben.
10 Der Herr warnte Manasse und sein Volk, aber niemand hörte darauf. 11 Darum ließ der Herr die Heerführer des assyrischen Königs mit ihren Truppen heranrücken und Juda erobern. Sie nahmen Manasse gefangen, legten ihn in Ketten und brachten ihn nach Babylon. 12 In seiner Not flehte Manasse zum Herrn, seinem Gott, beugte sich unter die Macht des Gottes seiner Vorfahren 13 und bat ihn um Hilfe. Gott erhörte sein Rufen und ließ ihn nach Jerusalem zurückkehren, wo er wieder als König regierte. Da erkannte Manasse, dass der Herr der wahre Gott ist.
14 Nach seiner Heimkehr ließ Manasse eine zweite, sehr hohe Mauer um die »Stadt Davids« ziehen. Sie führte westlich an der Quelle Gihon vorbei durch das Kidrontal bis zum Fischtor und um den Tempelberg herum. In allen befestigten Städten Judas setzte er Befehlshaber ein. 15 Er beseitigte alle Götterfiguren und auch die Götzenstatue aus dem Tempel des Herrn. Die Altäre, die er auf dem Tempelberg und in Jerusalem aufgestellt hatte, zerstörte er und ließ sie vor die Stadt hinauswerfen. 16 Er baute den Altar des Herrn wieder auf, brachte auf ihm Friedens- und Dankopfer dar und forderte ganz Juda auf, nur noch dem Herrn, dem Gott Israels, zu dienen. 17 Zwar opferte das Volk immer noch an den alten Opferstätten, aber ihre Opfer galten nun allein dem Herrn, ihrem Gott.
18 Alles Weitere über Manasses Leben steht in der Chronik der Könige von Israel. Dort kann man nachlesen, wie er zu seinem Gott betete und wie die Seher ihn im Auftrag des Herrn, des Gottes Israels, warnten. 19 Auch in den Schriften von Hosaï wird von Manasses Gebet erzählt und wie Gott es erhörte. Dort steht, wie er Gott untreu geworden war und wie viel Schuld er auf sich geladen hatte. Außerdem findet sich darin ein Verzeichnis der Orte, wo er Opferstätten, heilige Pfähle und Götzenstatuen errichten ließ, bevor er zum Herrn umkehrte. 20 Als Manasse starb, wurde er auf dem Gelände seines Palasts begraben. Sein Sohn Amon wurde zum Nachfolger bestimmt.
König Amon von Juda (2. Könige 21,19‒26)
21 Amon wurde mit 22 Jahren König und regierte zwei Jahre in Jerusalem. 22 Wie sein Vater Manasse tat auch Amon, was dem Herrn missfiel. Er brachte denselben Götzen Opfer dar, die schon Manasse verehrt hatte, und diente ihnen. 23 Doch anders als Manasse bereute er nicht, was er getan hatte, und kehrte nicht zum Herrn zurück, sondern lud immer mehr Schuld auf sich. 24 Einige seiner Hofbeamten verschworen sich gegen ihn und ermordeten ihn in seinem Palast. 25 Doch das Volk brachte alle Verschwörer um und setzte Amons Sohn Josia als Nachfolger ein.
2 Chronicles 33
King James Version
33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11 Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
23 And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25 But 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.
2 Chronicles 33
Wycliffe Bible
33 Manasseh was of twelve years, when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem five and fifty years. (Manasseh was twelve years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-five years.)
2 And he did evil before the Lord after the abominations of heathen men, whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel. (And he did evil before the Lord after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.)
3 And he turned, and restored the high places, which Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed. And he builded altars to Baalim, and made woods, and worshipped all the knighthood of heaven, and praised it. (And he turned, and restored the hill shrines, which his father Hezekiah had destroyed. And he built altars to the Baalim, and made idol groves, or sacred poles, and worshipped all the host of heaven, that is, the moon, and the stars, and the planets, and praised them.)
4 And he builded altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, My name shall be in Jerusalem (into) without end.
5 Soothly he builded those altars to all the knighthood of heaven in the two large places of the house of the Lord. (Yea, he built those altars to all the host of heaven in the two courtyards of the House of the Lord.)
6 And he made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; he kept (watch over) dreams; he followed false divining by (the) chittering of birds; and he served witchcrafts; and he had with him astrologers and enchanters, either tregetours, that deceived men’s wits (who deceived men’s minds), and he wrought many evils before the Lord to stir him to wrath.
7 And he set a graven and a molten sign in the house of the Lord (And he put a carved image, an idol, in the House of the Lord), of which house God spake to David, and to Solomon, his son, and said, I shall set my name [into] without end in this house, and in Jerusalem, which I chose of all the lineages of Israel;
8 and I shall not make the foot of Israel to move from the land which I gave to their fathers, so only that they take heed to do those things that I have commanded to them, and all the law, and ceremonies, and dooms, by the hand of Moses. (and I shall not make the foot of Israel to move from the land which I gave to their fathers, if only they take heed to do those things which I have commanded to them, and all the Law, and the statutes, and the judgements, or the laws, through Moses.)
9 But Manasseh deceived the men of Judah, and the dwellers of Jerusalem, so that they did evil, more than all heathen men, which the Lord had destroyed from the face of the sons of Israel. (But Manasseh deceived the people of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil, more than all the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.)
10 And the Lord spake to him, and to his people; and they would not take heed (but they would not take heed, or listen to him).
11 Therefore the Lord brought upon them the princes of the host of the king of Assyrians (And so the Lord brought upon them the leaders of the army of the king of Assyria); and they took Manasseh, and bound him with chains, and stocks, and led him into Babylon.
12 And after that he was anguished, he prayed (to) the Lord his God, and did penance greatly before the God of his fathers (and did great penance before the God of his fathers).
13 And he prayed (to) God, and beseeched him intently; and God heard his prayer, and brought him again into Jerusalem into his realm (and he brought him back to Jerusalem, and to his throne); and then Manasseh knew, that the Lord himself is God alone.
14 After these things he builded the wall without the city of David, at the west side of Gihon, in the valley, from the entering of the gate of fishes, by compass unto Ophel; and he raised it up greatly; and he ordained princes of the host in all the strong cities of Judah. (After these things he built the outside wall of the City of David, at the west side of Gihon, in the valley, unto the entrance at the Fish Gate, and all around Ophel; and he raised it up to a great height; and he stationed leaders of his army in all the fortified cities of Judah.)
15 And he did away alien gods and simulacra from the house of the Lord; and he did away the altars, which he had made in the hill of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and he casted them away all without the city. (And he took away the foreign, or other, gods and the idols from the House of the Lord; and he did away the altars which he had built on the Temple Mount, and in Jerusalem, and he threw all of them out of the city.)
16 Certainly he restored the altar of the Lord, and offered thereon slain sacrifices, and peaceable sacrifices, and praising (And he restored the altar of the Lord, and offered slain sacrifices, and peace offerings, or thank offerings, upon it); and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.
17 Nevertheless the people offered yet in high places to the Lord their God. (But still the people offered at the hill shrines, but only to the Lord their God.)
18 Forsooth the residue of [the] deeds of Manasseh, and his beseeching to his Lord God, and the words of [the] prophets, that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, be contained in the words of the kings of Israel. (And the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, and his beseeching to the Lord his God, and the words of the prophets, who spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, be contained in The Book of the Kings of Israel.)
19 And his prayer, and the hearing that the Lord heard him, and all his sins, and all his despising, and also the places in which he builded high things, and made maumet woods and images, before that he did penance, these be written in the book of Hozai. (And his prayer, and the answer that he received from the Lord, and all his sins, and offences, and also where he built the hill shrines, and made idol groves/and set up sacred poles, and carved images, before that he did penance, these be written in The Book of the Seers.)
20 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house; and Amon, his son, reigned for him.
21 Amon was of two and twenty years, when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, had done; and he offered, and served to all the idols, which Manasseh had made.
23 And he reverenced not the face of the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, reverenced (And he did not humble himself before the Lord, like his father Manasseh had humbled himself); and he did much greater trespasses than his father did.
24 And when his servants had sworn together against him, they killed him in his house.
25 Soothly the residue multitude of the people, after that they had slain them that had slain Amon, ordained Josiah, his son, king for him.
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