1Manasseh[H4519] was twelve[H8147]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]fifty[H2572] and five[H2568]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]:
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But did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], like unto the abominations[H8441] of the heathen[H1471], whom the LORD[H3068] had cast out[H3423]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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For he built[H1129]again[H7725] the high places[H1116] which Hezekiah[H3169] his father[H1] had broken down[H5422], and he reared up[H6965]altars[H4196] for Baalim[H1168], and made[H6213]groves[H842], and worshipped[H7812] all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], and served[H5647] them.
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Also he built[H1129]altars[H4196] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], whereof the LORD[H3068] had said[H559], In Jerusalem[H3389] shall my name[H8034] be for ever[H5769].
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And he built[H1129]altars[H4196] for all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064] in the two[H8147]courts[H2691] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And he caused[H5674] his children[H1121] to pass through[H5674] the fire[H784] in the valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011]: also he observed times[H6049], and used enchantments[H5172], and used witchcraft[H3784], and dealt[H6213] with a familiar spirit[H178], and with wizards[H3049]: he wrought[H6213]much[H7235]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], to provoke him to anger[H3707].
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And he set[H7760] a carved image[H6459], the idol[H5566] which he had made[H6213], in the house[H1004] of God[H430], of which God[H430] had said[H559] to David[H1732] and to Solomon[H8010] his son[H1121], In this house[H1004], and in Jerusalem[H3389], which I have chosen[H977] before all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], will I put[H7760] my name[H8034] for ever[H5865]:
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Neither will I any more[H3254]remove[H5493] the foot[H7272] of Israel[H3478] from out[H5921] of the land[H127] which I have appointed[H5975] for your fathers[H1]; so that[H518] they will take heed[H8104] to do[H6213] all that[H518] I have commanded[H6680] them, according to the whole law[H8451] and the statutes[H2706] and the ordinances[H4941] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872].
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So Manasseh[H4519]made[H8582]Judah[H3063] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389] to err[H8582], and to do[H6213]worse[H7451] than the heathen[H1471], whom the LORD[H3068] had destroyed[H8045]before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] to Manasseh[H4519], and to his people[H5971]: but they would not hearken[H7181].
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Wherefore the LORD[H3068]brought[H935] upon them the captains of[H8269] the host of[H6635] the king[H4428]of[H6635]Assyria[H804], which took[H3920]Manasseh[H4519] among the thorns[H2336], and bound him[H631] with fetters[H5178], and carried[H3212]him[H631] to Babylon[H894].
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And when he was in affliction[H6887], he besought[H2470] the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], and humbled[H3665] himself greatly[H3966]before[H6440] the God[H430] of his fathers[H1],
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And prayed[H6419] unto him: and he was intreated[H6279] of him, and heard[H8085] his supplication[H8467], and brought him again[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389] into his kingdom[H4438]. Then Manasseh[H4519]knew[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] he was God[H430].
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Now after this[H310] he built[H1129] a wall[H2346]without[H2435] the city[H5892] of David[H1732], on the west side[H4628] of Gihon[H1521], in[H935] the valley[H5158], even to the entering in[H935] at the fish[H1709]gate[H8179], and compassed[H5437] about Ophel[H6077], and raised it up[H1361] a very great height[H3966], and put[H7760]captains[H8269] of war[H2428]in[H935] all the fenced[H1219]cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063].
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And he took away[H5493] the strange[H5236]gods[H430], and the idol[H5566]out[H2351] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and all the altars[H4196] that he had built[H1129] in the mount[H2022] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and in Jerusalem[H3389], and cast[H7993] them out[H2351] of the city[H5892].
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And he repaired[H1129] the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068], and sacrificed[H2076] thereon peace[H8002]offerings[H2077] and thank offerings[H8426], and commanded[H559]Judah[H3063] to serve[H5647] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
17Nevertheless[H61] the people[H5971] did sacrifice[H2076] still in the high places[H1116], yet unto the LORD[H3068] their God[H430] only.
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Manasseh[H4519], and his prayer[H8605] unto his God[H430], and the words[H1697] of the seers[H2374] that spake[H1696] to him in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], behold, they are written in the book[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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His prayer[H8605] also, and how God was intreated[H6279] of him, and all his sin[H2403], and his trespass[H4604], and the places[H4725] wherein he built[H1129] high places[H1116], and set up[H5975]groves[H842] and graven images[H6456], before[H6440] he was humbled[H3665]: behold, they are written[H3789] among the sayings[H1697] of the seers[H2374].
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So Manasseh[H4519]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and they buried[H6912] him in his own house[H1004]: and Amon[H526] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
21Amon[H526] was two[H8147] and twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and reigned[H4427]two[H8147]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389].
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But he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], as did[H6213]Manasseh[H4519] his father[H1]: for Amon[H526]sacrificed[H2076] unto all the carved images[H6456] which Manasseh[H4519] his father[H1] had made[H6213], and served[H5647] them;
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And humbled[H3665] not himself before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], as Manasseh[H4519] his father[H1] had humbled[H3665] himself; but Amon[H526]trespassed[H819]more[H7235] and more[H7235].
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And his servants[H5650]conspired[H7194] against him, and slew[H4191] him in his own house[H1004].
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But the people[H5971] of the land[H776]slew[H5221] all them that had conspired[H7194] against king[H4428]Amon[H526]; and the people[H5971] of the land[H776]made[H4427]Josiah[H2977] his son[H1121]king[H4427] in his stead.