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1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother 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 evil in the sight of the LORD and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out from before 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. He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped 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. He built altars in the LORD's temple, about which the LORD had said, "Jerusalem will be my home."
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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. In the two courtyards of the LORD's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
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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 passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
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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. He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.
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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 not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey."
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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 they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed from before 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. So the LORD announced 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. "King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting 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 God of Israel says, 'I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.
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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 destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria and the dynasty of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides.
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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 abandon this last remaining tribe among my people and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and 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 they have done evil in my sight and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!'"
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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. Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
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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 rest of the events of Manasseh's reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals 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 passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.
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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 reigned for two years in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, 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. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like 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 followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.
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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. He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD's instructions.
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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 servants conspired against him and killed the king 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. The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against 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. The rest of Amon's accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals 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 tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.
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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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