Dual Panel1Manasseh <04519> [was] twelve <08147> <06240> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_, and he reigned <04427> (8804) fifty <02572> and five <02568> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>_:
2But did <06213> (8799) [that which was] evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, like unto the abominations <08441> of the heathen <01471>_, whom the LORD <03068> had cast out <03423> (8689) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_.
3For he built <01129> (8799) again <07725> (8799) the high places <01116> which Hezekiah <03169> his father <01> had broken down <05422> (8765)_, and he reared up <06965> (8686) altars <04196> for Baalim <01168>_, and made <06213> (8799) groves <0842>_, and worshipped <07812> (8691) all the host <06635> of heaven <08064>_, and served <05647> (8799) them. {he built...: Heb. he returned and built}
4Also he built <01129> (8804) altars <04196> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, whereof the LORD <03068> had said <0559> (8804)_, In Jerusalem <03389> shall my name <08034> be for ever <05769>_.
5And he built <01129> (8799) altars <04196> for all the host <06635> of heaven <08064> in the two <08147> courts <02691> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_.
6And he caused <05674> (0) his children <01121> to pass through <05674> (8689) the fire <0784> in the valley <01516> of the son <01121> of Hinnom <02011>_: also he observed times <06049> (8782)_, and used enchantments <05172> (8765)_, and used witchcraft <03784> (8765)_, and dealt <06213> (8804) with a familiar spirit <0178>_, and with wizards <03049>_: he wrought <06213> (8800) much <07235> (8689) evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, to provoke him to anger <03707> (8687)_.
7And he set <07760> (8799) a carved image <06459>_, the idol <05566> which he had made <06213> (8804)_, in the house <01004> of God <0430>_, of which God <0430> had said <0559> (8804) to David <01732> and to Solomon <08010> his son <01121>_, In this house <01004>_, and in Jerusalem <03389>_, which I have chosen <0977> (8804) before all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>_, will I put <07760> (8799) my name <08034> for ever <05865>_:
8Neither will I any more <03254> (8686) remove <05493> (8687) the foot <07272> of Israel <03478> from out <05921> of the land <0127> which I have appointed <05975> (8689) for your fathers <01>_; so that <0518> they will take heed <08104> (8799) to do <06213> (8800) all that I have commanded <06680> (8765) them, according to the whole law <08451> and the statutes <02706> and the ordinances <04941> by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872>_.
9So Manasseh <04519> made <08582> (0) Judah <03063> and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389> to err <08582> (8686)_, [and] to do <06213> (8800) worse <07451> than the heathen <01471>_, whom the LORD <03068> had destroyed <08045> (8689) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_.
10And the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8762) to Manasseh <04519>_, and to his people <05971>_: but they would not hearken <07181> (8689)_.
11Wherefore the LORD <03068> brought <0935> (8686) upon them the captains of <08269> the host of <06635> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_, which took <03920> (8799) Manasseh <04519> among the thorns <02336>_, and bound him <0631> (8799) with fetters <05178>_, and carried <03212> (8686) him to Babylon <0894>_. {of the king: Heb. which were the king's} {fetters: or, chains}
12And when he was in affliction <06887> (8687)_, he besought <02470> (8765) the LORD <03068> his God <0430>_, and humbled <03665> (8735) himself greatly <03966> before <06440> the God <0430> of his fathers <01>_,
13And prayed <06419> (8691) unto him: and he was intreated <06279> (8735) of him, and heard <08085> (8799) his supplication <08467>_, and brought him again <07725> (8686) to Jerusalem <03389> into his kingdom <04438>_. Then Manasseh <04519> knew <03045> (8799) that the LORD <03068> he [was] God <0430>_.
14Now after this <0310> he built <01129> (8804) a wall <02346> without <02435> the city <05892> of David <01732>_, on the west side <04628> of Gihon <01521>_, in the valley <05158>_, even to the entering in <0935> (8800) at the fish <01709> gate <08179>_, and compassed <05437> (8804) about Ophel <06077>_, and raised it up <01361> (8686) a very great height <03966>_, and put <07760> (8799) captains <08269> of war <02428> in all the fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_. {Ophel: or, the tower}
15And he took away <05493> (8686) the strange <05236> gods <0430>_, and the idol <05566> out of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and all the altars <04196> that he had built <01129> (8804) in the mount <02022> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and in Jerusalem <03389>_, and cast <07993> (8686) [them] out <02351> of the city <05892>_.
16And he repaired <01129> (8799) the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>_, and sacrificed <02076> (8799) thereon peace <08002> offerings <02077> and thank offerings <08426>_, and commanded <0559> (8799) Judah <03063> to serve <05647> (8800) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_.
17Nevertheless <061> the people <05971> did sacrifice <02076> (8802) still in the high places <01116>_, [yet] unto the LORD <03068> their God <0430> only.
18Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Manasseh <04519>_, and his prayer <08605> unto his God <0430>_, and the words <01697> of the seers <02374> that spake <01696> (8764) to him in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, behold, they [are written] in the book <01697> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_.
19His prayer <08605> also, and [how God] was intreated <06279> (8736) of him, and all his sin <02403>_, and his trespass <04604>_, and the places <04725> wherein he built <01129> (8804) high places <01116>_, and set up <05975> (8689) groves <0842> and graven images <06456>_, before <06440> he was humbled <03665> (8736)_: behold, they [are] written <03789> (8803) among the sayings <01697> of the seers <02374> (8676) <02335>_. {the seers: or, Hosai}
20So Manasseh <04519> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and they buried <06912> (8799) him in his own house <01004>_: and Amon <0526> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.
21Amon <0526> [was] two <08147> and twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_, and reigned <04427> (8804) two <08147> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>_.
22But he did <06213> (8799) [that which was] evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, as did <06213> (8804) Manasseh <04519> his father <01>_: for Amon <0526> sacrificed <02076> (8765) unto all the carved images <06456> which Manasseh <04519> his father <01> had made <06213> (8804)_, and served <05647> (8799) them;
23And humbled <03665> (8738) not himself before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, as Manasseh <04519> his father <01> had humbled <03665> (8736) himself; but Amon <0526> trespassed <0819> more and more <07235> (8689)_. {trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass}
24And his servants <05650> conspired <07194> (8799) against him, and slew <04191> (8686) him in his own house <01004>_.
25But the people <05971> of the land <0776> slew <05221> (8686) all them that had conspired <07194> (8802) against king <04428> Amon <0526>_; and the people <05971> of the land <0776> made <04427> (0) Josiah <02977> his son <01121> king <04427> (8686) in his stead.