21:1 Manasses [was] twelve years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his
mother's name [was] Apsiba.
21:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Yehovah, according to
the abominations of the nations which Yehovah cast out from before the
children of Israel.
21:3 And he built again the high places, which Ezekias his father [had]
demolished; and set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Achaab king of
Israel [made them]; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
21:4 And he built an altar in the house of Yehovah, whereas he had said, In
Jerusalem I will place my name.
21:5 And he built an altar to all the host of heaven in the two courts of
the house of Yehovah.
21:6 And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination
and auspices, and made groves, and multiplied wizards, so as to do that
which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, to provoke him to anger.
21:7 And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the
Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem
which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my
name for ever.
21:8 And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I
gave to their fathers, [even of those] who shall keep all that I commanded,
according to all the commandments which my servant Moses commanded them.
21:9 But they hearkened not; and Manasses led them astray to do evil in the
sight of Yehovah, beyond the nations whom Yehovah utterly destroyed from
before the children of Israel.
21:10 And Yehovah spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
21:11 Forasmuch as Manasses the king of Judah has wrought all these evil
abominations, beyond all that the Amorite did, who lived before [him], and
has led Judah also into sin by their idols,
21:12 [it shall] not [be] so. Thus saith Yehovah Elohim of Israel, Behold, I
bring calamities upon Jerusalem and Judah, so that both the ears of every one
that hears shall tingle.
21:13 And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of Achaab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped,
and turned upside down in the wiping.
21:14 And I will reject the remnant of my inheritance, and will deliver them
into the hands of their enemies; and they shall be for a plunder and for a
spoil to all their enemies:
21:15 forasmuch as they have done wickedly in my sight, and have provoked me
from the day that I brought out their fathers out of Egypt, even until this
day.
21:16 Moreover Manasses shed very much innocent blood, until he filled
Jerusalem [with it] from one end to the other, beside his sins with which he
caused Judah to sin, in doing evil in the eyes of Yehovah.
21:17 And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and all that he did, and his sin
which he sinned, [are] not these things written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21:18 And Manasses slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of
his house, [even] in the garden of Oza: and Amos his son reigned in his
stead.
21:19 Twenty and two years old [was] Amos when he began to reign, and he
reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Mesollam,
daughter of Arus of Jeteba.
21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, as Manasses
his father did.
21:21 And he walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served
the idols which his father served, and worshipped them.
21:22 And he forsook Yehovah Elohim of his fathers, and walked not in te way
of Yehovah.
21:23 And the servants of Amos conspired against him, and slew the king in
his house.
21:24 And the people of the land slew all that had conspired against king
Amos; and the people of the land made Josias king in his room.
21:25 And the rest of the acts of Amos, [even] all that he did, behold,
[are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21:26 And they buried him in his tomb in the garden of Oza: and Josias his
son reigned in his stead. |
21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he
began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Hephzibah.
21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, after the
abominations of the heathen, whom Yehovah cast out before the children of
Israel.
21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab
king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
21:4 And he built altars in the house of Yehovah, of which Yehovah said,
In Jerusalem will I put my name.
21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of Yehovah.
21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used
enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much
wickedness in the sight of Yehovah, to provoke him to anger.
21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house,
of which Yehovah said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and
in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my
name for ever:
21:8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all
that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant
Moses commanded them.
21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than
did the nations whom Yehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.
21:10 And Yehovah spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
21:11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath
done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and
hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
21:12 Therefore thus saith Yehovah Elohim of Israel, Behold, I am bringing
such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his
ears shall tingle.
21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet
of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish,
wiping it, and turning it upside down.
21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them
into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to
all their enemies;
21:15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have
provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt,
even unto this day.
21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled
Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to
sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah.
21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin
that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
21:18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of
his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, as his father
Manasseh did.
21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the
idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
21:22 And he forsook Yehovah Elohim of his fathers, and walked not in the way
of Yehovah.
21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in
his own house.
21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
21:26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah
his son reigned in his stead. |