Dual Panel1Manasseh <04519> was twelve <06240> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king, and he reigned <04427> for fifty-five <02568> <02572> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>.
2He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and committed the same horrible sins <08441> practiced by the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> drove out <03423> ahead <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
3He rebuilt <01129> <07725> the high places <01116> that <0834> his father <01> Hezekiah <02396> had destroyed <05422>; he set up <06965> altars <04196> for the Baals <01168> and made <06213> Asherah poles <0842>. He bowed down <07812> to all <03605> the stars <06635> in the sky <08064> and worshiped <05647> them.
4He built <01129> altars <04196> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, about which <0834> the Lord <03068> had said <0559>, “Jerusalem <03389> will be <01961> my permanent <05769> home.”
5In the two <08147> courtyards <02691> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> he built <01129> altars <04196> for all <03605> the stars <06635> in the sky <08064>.
6He <01931> passed <05674> his sons <01121> through the fire <0784> in the Valley <01516> of Ben-Hinnom <02011> <01121> and practiced divination <06049>, omen reading <05172>, and sorcery <03784>. He set up <06213> a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits <0178> and appointed magicians <03049> to supervise <07235> it. He did <06213> a great amount of evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> and angered <03707> him.
7He put <07760> an idolatrous <05566> image <06459> he had <0834> made <06213> in God’s <0430> temple <01004>, about which God <0430> had <0834> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732> and to <0413> his son <01121> Solomon <08010>, “This <02088> temple <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> I have chosen <0970> out of all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, will be my permanent <05865> home.
8I will not <03808> make Israel <03478> again <03254> leave <05493> the land <0127> I gave <05975> to their ancestors <01>, provided that <0518> <07535> they carefully <08104> obey <06213> all <03605> I commanded <06680> them, the whole <03605> law <08451>, the rules <02706> and regulations <04941> given <03027> to Moses <04872>.”
9But Manasseh <04519> misled <08582> the people of Judah <03063> and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> so that they sinned <07451> <06213> more than <04480> the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> had destroyed <08045> ahead <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
10The Lord <03068> confronted <0413> <01696> Manasseh <04519> and his people <05971>, but they paid <07181> no <03808> attention <07181>.
11So the Lord <03068> brought <0935> against <05921> them the commanders <08269> of the army <06635> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>. They seized <03920> Manasseh <04519>, put hooks <02336> in his nose, bound <0631> him with bronze chains <05178>, and carried <01980> him away <01980> to Babylon <0894>.
12In his pain <06887> Manasseh asked <02470> the Lord <03068> his God <0430> for mercy <02470> and truly <03966> humbled <03665> himself before <06440> the God <0430> of his ancestors <01>.
13When he prayed <06419> to <0413> the Lord, the Lord responded <06279> to him and answered favorably <08085> his cry for mercy <08467>. The Lord brought <07725> him back <07725> to Jerusalem <03389> to his kingdom <04438>. Then Manasseh <04519> realized <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> is the true God <0430>.
14After <0310> this <03651> Manasseh built up <01129> the outer <02435> wall <02346> of the City <05892> of David <01732> on the west side <04628> of the Gihon <01521> in the valley <05158> to the entrance <0935> of the Fish <01709> Gate <08179> and all around <05437> the terrace <06077>; he made <01361> it much <03966> higher <01361>. He placed <07760> army <02428> officers <08269> in all <03605> the fortified <01219> cities <05892> in Judah <03063>.
15He removed <05493> the foreign <05236> gods <0430> and images <05566> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and all <03605> the altars <04196> he had built <01129> on the hill <02022> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and in Jerusalem <03389>; he threw <07993> them outside <02351> the city <05892>.
16He erected <03559> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> and offered <02076> on <05921> it peace offerings <08002> and thank offerings <08426>. He told <0559> the people of Judah <03063> to serve <05647> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
17The people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> at the high places <01116>, but only <07535> to the Lord <03068> their God <0430>.
18The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Manasseh’s <04519> reign, including his prayer <08605> to <0413> his God <0430> and the words <01697> the prophets <02374> spoke <01696> to <0413> him in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, are recorded in <05921> the Annals <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
19The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer <08605>, give an account <03789> of how the Lord responded <06279> to it, record <01697> all <03605> his sins <02403> and unfaithful acts <04604>, and identify the sites <04725> where <0834> he built <01129> high places <01116> and erected <05975> Asherah poles <0842> and idols <06456> before <06440> he humbled <03665> himself.
20Manasseh <04519> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in his palace <01004>. His son <01121> Amon <0526> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
21Amon <0526> was twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for two <08147> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>.
22He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, just like <0834> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done <06213>. He <0526> offered <06213> sacrifices to all <03605> the idols <06456> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had made <02076>, and worshiped <05647> them.
23He did not <03808> humble <03665> himself before <06440> the Lord <03068> as his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done. Amon <0526> was guilty <0819> of great <07235> sin.
24His servants <05650> conspired <07194> against <05921> him and killed <04191> him in his palace <01004>.
25The people <05971> of the land <0776> executed <05221> all <03605> who had conspired <07194> against <05921> King <04428> Amon <0526>, and they <0776> <05971> made <04427> his son <01121> Josiah <02977> king <04427> in his place <08478>.