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1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was king fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
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1. Manasseh H4519 was twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and reigned H4427 fifty H2572 and five H2568 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Hephzibah H2657 .
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2. He did what the Lord said was wrong. He did the hateful things the other nations had done -- the nations that the Lord had forced out of the land ahead of the Israelites.
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2. And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , after the abominations H8441 of the heathen H1471 , whom H834 the LORD H3068 cast out H3423 before H4480 H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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3. Manasseh's father, Hezekiah, had destroyed the places where gods were worshiped, but Manasseh rebuilt them. He built altars for Baal, and he made an Asherah idol as Ahab king of Israel had done. Manasseh also worshiped all the stars of the sky and served them.
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3. For he built up H1129 again H7725 H853 the high places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had destroyed H6 ; and he reared up H6965 altars H4196 for Baal H1168 , and made H6213 a grove H842 , as H834 did H6213 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 ; and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , and served H5647 them.
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4. The Lord had said about the Temple, "I will be worshiped in Jerusalem," but Manasseh built altars in the Temple of the Lord.
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4. And he built H1129 altars H4196 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , of which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 , In Jerusalem H3389 will I put H7760 H853 my name H8034 .
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5. He built altars to worship the stars in the two courtyards of the Temple of the Lord.
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5. And he built H1129 altars H4196 for all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 in the two H8147 courts H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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6. He made his own son pass through fire. He practiced magic and told the future by explaining signs and dreams, and he got advice from mediums and fortune-tellers. He did many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord angry.
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6. And he made H853 his son H1121 pass through H5674 the fire H784 , and observed times H6049 , and used enchantments H5172 , and dealt H6213 with familiar spirits H178 and wizards H3049 : he wrought H6213 much H7235 wickedness H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , to provoke him to anger H3707 .
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7. Manasseh carved an Asherah idol and put it in the Temple. The Lord had said to David and his son Solomon about the Temple, "I will be worshiped forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel.
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7. And he set H7760 H853 a graven image H6459 of the grove H842 that H834 he had made H6213 in the house H1004 , of which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 David H1732 , and to H413 Solomon H8010 his son H1121 , In this H2088 house H1004 , and in Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 I have chosen H977 out of all H4480 H3605 tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , will I put H7760 H853 my name H8034 forever H5769 :
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8. I will never again make the Israelites wander out of the land I gave their ancestors. But they must obey everything I have commanded them and all the teachings my servant Moses gave them."
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8. Neither H3808 will I make the feet H7272 of Israel H3478 move H5110 any more H3254 out of H4480 the land H127 which H834 I gave H5414 their fathers H1 ; only H7535 if H518 they will observe H8104 to do H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 I have commanded H6680 them , and according to all H3605 the law H8451 that H834 my servant H5650 Moses H4872 commanded H6680 them.
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9. But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them to do more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.
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9. But they hearkened H8085 not H3808 : and Manasseh H4519 seduced H8582 them to do H6213 H853 more evil H7451 than H4480 did the nations H1471 whom H834 the LORD H3068 destroyed H8045 before H4480 H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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10. The Lord said through his servants the prophets,
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10. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 by H3027 his servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , saying H559 ,
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11. "Manasseh king of Judah has done these hateful things. He has done more evil than the Amorites before him. He also has led Judah to sin with his idols.
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11. Because H3282 H834 Manasseh H4519 king H4428 of Judah H3063 hath done H6213 these H428 abominations H8441 , and hath done wickedly H7489 above all H4480 H3605 that H834 the Amorites H567 did H6213 , which H834 were before H6440 him , and hath made H853 Judah H3063 also H1571 to sin H2398 with his idols H1544 :
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12. So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I will bring so much trouble on Jerusalem and Judah that anyone who hears about it will be shocked.
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12. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , Behold H2009 , I am bringing H935 such evil H7451 upon H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063 , that H834 whosoever H3605 heareth H8085 of it, both H8147 his ears H241 shall tingle H6750 .
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13. I will stretch the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem, and the plumb line used against Ahab's family will be used on Jerusalem. I will wipe out Jerusalem as a person wipes a dish and turns it upside down.
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13. And I will stretch H5186 over H5921 Jerusalem H3389 H853 the line H6957 of Samaria H8111 , and the plummet H4949 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 : and I will wipe H4229 H853 Jerusalem H3389 as H834 a man wipeth H4229 H853 a dish H6747 , wiping H4229 it , and turning H2015 it upside down H5921 H6440 .
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14. I will throw away the rest of my people who are left. I will give them to their enemies, and they will be robbed by all their enemies,
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14. And I will forsake H5203 H853 the remnant H7611 of mine inheritance H5159 , and deliver H5414 them into the hand H3027 of their enemies H341 ; and they shall become H1961 a prey H957 and a spoil H4933 to all H3605 their enemies H341 ;
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15. because my people did what I said was wrong. They have made me angry from the day their ancestors left Egypt until now.'"
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15. Because H3282 H834 they have done H6213 that which was H853 evil H7451 in my sight H5869 , and have H1961 provoked me to anger H3707 H853 , since H4480 the day H3117 their fathers H1 came forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , even unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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16. Manasseh also killed many innocent people, filling Jerusalem from one end to the other with their blood. This was besides the sin he led Judah to do; he led Judah to do what the Lord said was wrong.
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16. Moreover H1571 Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 very H3966 much H7235 , till H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 H853 Jerusalem H3389 from one end H6310 to another H6310 ; beside his sin H905 H4480 H2403 wherewith H834 he made Judah to sin H2398 H853 H3063 , in doing H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 .
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17. The other things Manasseh did as king, even the sin he did, are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
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17. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Manasseh H4519 , and all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 , and his sin H2403 that H834 he sinned H2398 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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18. Manasseh died and was buried in the garden of his own palace, the garden of Uzza. Then Manasseh's son Amon became king in his place.
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18. And Manasseh H4519 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and was buried H6912 in the garden H1588 of his own house H1004 , in the garden H1588 of Uzza H5798 : and Amon H526 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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19. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was king for two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz, who was from Jotbah.
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19. 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 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Meshullemeth H4922 , the daughter H1323 of Haruz H2743 of H4480 Jotbah H3192 .
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20. Amon did what the Lord said was wrong, as his father Manasseh had done.
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20. And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , as H834 his father H1 Manasseh H4519 did H6213 .
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21. He lived in the same way his father had lived: he worshiped the idols his father had worshiped, and he bowed down before them.
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21. And he walked H1980 in all H3605 the way H1870 that H834 his father H1 walked in H1980 , and served H5647 H853 the idols H1544 that H834 his father H1 served H5647 , and worshiped H7812 them:
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22. Amon rejected the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not follow the ways of the Lord.
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22. And he forsook H5800 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of his fathers H1 , and walked H1980 not H3808 in the way H1870 of the LORD H3068 .
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23. Amon's officers made plans against him and killed him in his palace.
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23. And the servants H5650 of Amon H526 conspired H7194 against H5921 him , and slew H4191 H853 the king H4428 in his own house H1004 .
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24. Then the people of the land killed all those who had made plans to kill King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
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24. And the people H5971 of the land H776 slew H5221 H853 all H3605 them that had conspired H7194 against H5921 king H4428 Amon H526 ; and the people H5971 of the land H776 made H853 Josiah H2977 his son H1121 king H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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25. Everything else Amon did is written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
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25. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Amon H526 which H834 he did H6213 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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26. He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.
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26. And he was buried H6912 in his sepulcher H6900 in the garden H1588 of Uzza H5798 : and Josiah H2977 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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