Manasseh Reigns in Judah^(A)

21 Manasseh ^(B)was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

^10 (A)Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot ^[a]Amon, and Amon begot ^(B)Josiah.

^33 (A)So Hezekiah ^[a]rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ^(B)honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah^(C)

33 Manasseh ^(D)was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ² But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the ^(E)abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. ³ For he rebuilt the ^[b]high places which Hezekiah his father had ^(F)broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and ^(G)made wooden images; and he worshiped ^(H)all ^[c]the host of heaven and served them. ⁴ He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ^(I)“In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.” ⁵ And he built altars for all the host of heaven ^(J)in the two courts of the house of the Lord. ^6 (K)Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced ^(L)soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and ^(M)consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. ^7 (N)He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the ^[d]house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, ^(O)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; ^8 (P)and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful 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 seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

²¹ So ^(A)Hezekiah ^[a]rested with his fathers. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.