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. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, (C)according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. For he rebuilt the [a]high places (D)which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a [b]wooden image, (E)as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he (F)worshiped all [c]the host of heaven and served them. (G)He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (H)“In Jerusalem I will put My name.” And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the (I)two courts of the house of the Lord. (J)Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced (K)soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. He even set a carved image of [d]Asherah that he had made, in the [e]house of which the Lord had said to David and to Solomon his son, (L)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; (M)and I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers—only if they are careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.” But they paid no attention, and Manasseh (N)seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 And the Lord spoke (O)by His servants the prophets, saying, 11 (P)“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations ((Q)he has acted more wickedly than all the (R)Amorites who were before him, and (S)has also made Judah sin with his idols), 12 therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both (T)his ears will tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem (U)the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; (V)I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 So I will forsake the (W)remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become victims of plunder to all their enemies, 15 because they have done evil in My sight, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’ ”

16 (X)Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

17 Now (Y)the rest of the acts of (Z)Manasseh—all that he did, and the sin that he committed—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 So (AA)Manasseh [f]rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.

Amon’s Reign and Death(AB)

19 (AC)Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, (AD)as his father Manasseh had done. 21 So he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them. 22 He (AE)forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.

23 (AF)Then the servants of Amon (AG)conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house. 24 But the people of the land (AH)executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then Josiah his son reigned in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 21:3 Places for pagan worship
  2. 2 Kings 21:3 Heb. Asherah, a Canaanite goddess
  3. 2 Kings 21:3 The gods of the Assyrians
  4. 2 Kings 21:7 A Canaanite goddess
  5. 2 Kings 21:7 Temple
  6. 2 Kings 21:18 Died and joined his ancestors

Ang Paghahari ni Manase sa Juda(A)

21 Si Manase ay 12 taong gulang nang maging hari ng Juda. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng 55 taon. Ang ina niya ay si Hefziba. Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon. Sumunod siya sa kasuklam-suklam na gawain ng mga bansang pinalayas ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng mga Israelita. Muli niyang ipinatayo ang mga sambahan sa matataas na lugar[a] na ipinagiba ng ama niyang si Hezekia. Ipinatayo rin niya ang mga altar para kay Baal at nagpagawa ng posteng simbolo ng diosang si Ashera, tulad ng ipinagawa ni Haring Ahab ng Israel. Sumamba siya sa lahat ng bagay na nasa langit. Nagpagawa pa siya ng mga altar sa templo ng Panginoon sa Jerusalem, ang lugar na sinabi ng Panginoon na pararangalan siya. Inilagay niya ang mga altar sa magkabilang panig ng bakuran ng templo ng Panginoon para sambahin ang lahat ng bagay sa langit. Inihandog pa niya ang sarili niyang anak sa apoy. Ginawa rin niya ang mga ginagawa ng mga mangkukulam at mga manghuhula, at nagtatanong siya sa mga espiritista na nakikipag-usap sa kaluluwa ng patay. Labis ang pagkakasala ni Manase na nakapagpagalit sa Panginoon. Ang ipinagawa niya na posteng simbolo ng diosang si Ashera ay inilagay niya sa templo, ang lugar kung saan sinabi ng Panginoon kay David at sa anak nitong si Solomon, “Pararangalan ako habang buhay sa templong ito at sa Jerusalem, ang lugar na pinili ko sa lahat ng lahi ng Israel. Kung tutuparin lang ng mamamayan ng Israel ang lahat ng kautusan na ibinigay ko sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng lingkod kong si Moises, hindi ko papayagang palayasin sila sa lupaing ito na ibinigay ko sa mga ninuno nila.” Pero ayaw makinig ng mga tao. Inudyukan sila ni Manase sa paggawa ng masasama at ang ginawa nila ay mas masama pa kaysa sa ginawa ng mga bansang nilipol ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng mga Israelita.

10 Sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng mga lingkod niyang propeta: 11 “Gumawa si Haring Manase ng Juda ng mga kasuklam-suklam na gawain, na mas masama pa kaysa sa ginawa ng mga Ammonitang nakatira sa lupaing ito bago dumating ang mga Israelita. Inudyukan niya ang mga taga-Juda sa pagkakasala sa pamamagitan ng pagsamba sa mga dios-diosan niya. 12 Kaya ako, ang Panginoon na Dios ng Israel, ay magpapadala ng kapahamakan sa Jerusalem at sa Juda, at ang bawat isa na makakarinig nito ay matatakot. 13 Hahatulan ko ang Jerusalem katulad nang paghatol ko sa Samaria at sa sambahayan ni Haring Ahab. Lilinisin ko ang Jerusalem tulad ng pinggan na pinunasan at itinaob. 14 Itatakwil ko kahit pa ang natira sa aking mga mamamayan at ibibigay ko sila sa mga kaaway nila bilang bihag. 15 Mangyayari ito sa kanila dahil masama ang ginawa nila sa paningin ko at ginalit nila ako, mula pa nang lumabas ang mga ninuno nila sa Egipto hanggang ngayon.”

16 Maraming inosenteng tao ang pinatay ni Manase hanggang sa dumanak ang dugo sa mga daanan ng Jerusalem. Hindi pa kabilang dito ang kasalanan na ginawa niya na naging dahilan ng pagkakasala ng mga taga-Juda sa paningin ng Panginoon.

17 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Manase, at lahat ng ginawa niya, pati ang mga kasalanan na ginawa niya ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Juda.

18 Nang mamatay si Manase, inilibing siya sa hardin ng kanyang palasyo, na tinatawag na Uza. At ang anak niyang si Ammon ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.

Ang Paghahari ni Ammon sa Juda(B)

19 Si Ammon ay 22 taong gulang nang maging hari ng Juda. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng dalawang taon. Ang ina niya ay si Mesulemet na taga-Jotba at anak ni Haruz. 20 Masama ang ginawa ni Ammon sa paningin ng Panginoon, katulad ng ginawa ni Manase na kanyang ama. 21 Sinunod niya ang pamumuhay ng kanyang ama. Sinamba niya ang mga dios-diosan na sinasamba nito 22 at itinakwil niya ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng mga ninuno niya. Hindi niya sinunod ang pamamaraan ng Panginoon. 23 Nagplano ng masama ang mga opisyal ni Ammon laban sa kanya at pinatay siya sa palasyo niya. 24 Pero pinatay ng mamamayan ng Juda ang lahat ng pumatay kay Haring Ammon. At ang anak niyang si Josia ang ipinalit nila bilang hari.

25 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Ammon, at lahat ng ginawa niya ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Juda. 26 Inilibing si Ammon sa libingan niya sa hardin na tinatawag na Uza. At ang anak niyang si Josia ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.

Footnotes

  1. 21:3 sambahan sa matataas na lugar: Tingnan sa Talaan ng mga Salita sa likod.

21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

10 And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

24 And 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.

25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

Manasseh Reigns in Judah

21 (A)Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (B)according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. For he rebuilt the high places (C)that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made (D)an Asherah, (E)as Ahab king of Israel had done, (F)and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. (G)And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (H)“In Jerusalem will I put my name.” And he built altars (I)for all the host of heaven in (J)the two courts of the house of the Lord. (K)And he burned his son as an offering[a] and (L)used fortune-telling and (M)omens and dealt (N)with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. And the carved image of (O)Asherah that he had made he set in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, (P)and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. (Q)And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander anymore out of the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my servant Moses commanded them.” But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.

Manasseh's Idolatry Denounced

10 And the Lord said by his servants the prophets, 11 (R)“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things (S)more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, (T)and has made Judah also to sin (U)with his idols, 12 therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster[b] that the ears of everyone who hears of it (V)will tingle. 13 (W)And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 And I will forsake the remnant of my heritage and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies, 15 because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.”

16 (X)Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin (Y)that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

17 (Z)Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 18 (AA)And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, (AB)in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

Amon Reigns in Judah

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (AC)as Manasseh his father had done. 21 He walked in all the way in which his father walked and served (AD)the idols that his father served and worshiped them. 22 (AE)He abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord. 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house. 24 But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his tomb (AF)in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 21:6 Hebrew made his son pass through the fire
  2. 2 Kings 21:12 Or evil