2 Chronicles 33:1-6

Legacy Standard Bible

Manasseh Reigns over Judah

33 ^(A)Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. ^2 (B)And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel. ³ Indeed, ^(C)he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had torn down; and ^(D)he erected altars for the Baals and made ^[a]Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. ^4 (E)And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “^(F)In Jerusalem My name shall be forever.” ⁵ Indeed, he built altars for all the host of heaven in ^(G)the two courts of the house of Yahweh. ^6 (H)He even made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced soothsaying, interpreted omens, practiced sorcery, and ^(I)dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger.