2 Chronicles 33

1 ♥ 📝 M anasseh^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

2 ♥ 📝 And he did^H6213 that which was evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah,^H3068 after the abominations^H8441 of the nations^H1471 whom Jehovah^H3068 cast out^H3423 before^H6440 the children^H1121 of Israel.^H3478

3 ♥ 📝 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 the Baalim,^H1168 and made^H6213 Asheroth,^H842 and worshipped^H7812 all the host^H6635 of heaven,^H8064 and served^H5647 them.

4 ♥ 📝 And he built^H1129 altars^H4196 in the house^H1004 of Jehovah,^H3068 whereof Jehovah^H3068 said,^H559 In Jerusalem^H3389 shall my name^H8034 be for ever.^H5769

5 ♥ 📝 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 Jehovah.^H3068

6 ♥ 📝 He also made^H5674 his children^H1121 to pass through^H5674 the fire^H784 in the valley^H1516 of the son^H1121 of Hinnom;^H2011 and he practised augury,^H6049 and used enchantments,^H5172 and practised sorcery,^H3784 and dealt^H6213 with them that had familiar spirits,^H178 and with wizards:^H3049 he wrought^H6213 much^H7235 evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah,^H3068 to provoke him to anger.^H3707

7 ♥ 📝 And he set^H7760 the graven image^H6459 of the idol,^H5566 which he had made,^H6213 in the house^H1004 of God,^H430 of which God^H430 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 out of all the tribes^H7626 of Israel,^H3478 will I put^H7760 my name^H8034 for ever:^H5865

8 ♥ 📝 neither will I any more^H3254 remove^H5493 the foot^H7272 of Israel^H3478 from off the land^H127 which I have appointed^H5975 for your fathers,^H1 if^H518 only they will observe^H8104 to do^H6213 all that^H518 I have commanded^H6680 them, even all the law^H8451 and the statutes^H2706 and the ordinances^H4941 [given] by^H3027 Moses.^H4872

9 ♥ 📝 And Manasseh^H4519 seduced^H8582 Judah^H3063 and the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem,^H3389 so that they did^H6213 evil^H8582 more^H7451 than did the nations^H1471 whom Jehovah^H3068 destroyed^H8045 before^H6440 the children^H1121 of Israel.^H3478

10 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 spake^H1696 to Manasseh,^H4519 and to his people;^H5971 but they gave no heed.^H7181

11 ♥ 📝 Wherefore Jehovah^H3068 brought^H935 upon them the captains of^H8269 the host of^H8269 the king^H4428 of Assyria,^H804 who took^H3920 Manasseh^H4519 in chains, and bound him^H631 with fetters,^H5178 and carried^H3212 him^H631 to Babylon.^H894

12 ♥ 📝 And when he was in distress,^H6887 he besought^H2470 Jehovah^H3068 his God,^H430 and humbled^H3665 himself greatly^H3966 before^H6440 the God^H430 of his fathers.^H1

13 ♥ 📝 And he prayed^H6419 unto him; and he was entreated^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 Jehovah^H3068 he was God.^H430

14 ♥ 📝 Now after this^H310 he built^H1129 an outer wall^H2346 to the city^H5892 of David,^H1732 on the west side^H4628 of Gihon,^H1521 in^H935 the valley,^H5158 even to the entrance^H935 at the fish^H1709 gate;^H8179 and he compassed^H5437 Ophel^H6077 about [with it], and raised it up^H1361 to a very great height:^H3966 and he put^H7760 valiant^H2428 captains^H8269 in all the fortified^H1219 cities^H5892 of Judah.^H3063

15 ♥ 📝 And he took away^H5493 the foreign^H5236 gods,^H430 and the idol^H5566 out of the house^H1004 of Jehovah,^H3068 and all the altars^H4196 that he had built^H1129 in the mount^H2022 of the house^H1004 of Jehovah,^H3068 and in Jerusalem,^H3389 and cast^H7993 them out^H2351 of the city.^H5892

16 ♥ 📝 And he built^H1129 up the altar^H4196 of Jehovah,^H3068 and offered^H2076 thereon sacrifices^H8002 of peace-offerings^H2077 and of thanksgiving,^H8426 and commanded^H559 Judah^H3063 to serve^H5647 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel.^H3478

17 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless^H61 the people^H5971 sacrificed^H2076 still in the high places,^H1116 but only unto Jehovah^H3068 their God.^H430

18 ♥ 📝 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 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 behold, they are written among the acts^H1697 of the kings^H4428 of Israel.^H3478

19 ♥ 📝 His prayer^H8605 also, and how [God] was entreated^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 the Asherim^H842 and the graven images,^H6456 before^H6440 he humbled^H3665 himself: behold, they are written^H3789 in the history^H1697 of Hozai.^H2374

20 ♥ 📝 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.

21 ♥ 📝 Amon^H526 was twenty^H6242 and two^H8147 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he began to reign;^H4427 and he reigned^H4427 two^H8147 years^H8141 in Jerusalem.^H3389

22 ♥ 📝 And he did^H6213 that which was evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of Jehovah,^H3068 as did^H6213 Manasseh^H4519 his father;^H1 and Amon^H526 sacrificed^H2076 unto all the graven images^H6456 which Manasseh^H4519 his father^H1 had made,^H6213 and served^H5647 them.

23 ♥ 📝 And he humbled^H3665 not himself before^H6440 Jehovah,^H3068 as Manasseh^H4519 his father^H1 had humbled^H3665 himself; but this same Amon^H526 trespassed^H819 more^H7235 and more.

24 ♥ 📝 And his servants^H5650 conspired^H7194 against him, and put him to death^H4191 in his own house.^H1004

25 ♥ 📝 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.