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1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. And he ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
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1. Manasseh H4519 was twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and he reigned H4427 fifty H2572 and five H2568 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 :
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2. He did what was bad in the eyes of the Lord. He did the hated things of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the sons of Israel.
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2. But did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , like unto the abominations H8441 of the heathen H1471 , whom H834 the LORD H3068 had cast out H3423 before H4480 H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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3. For he built again the high places which his father Hezekiah had broken down. He built altars for the false gods of Baal and made objects of worship for the false goddess Asherah. He worshiped all the stars of heaven and served them.
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3. For he built H1129 again H7725 H853 the high places H1116 which H834 Hezekiah H3169 his father H1 had broken down H5422 , and he reared up H6965 altars H4196 for Baalim H1168 , and made H6213 groves H842 , and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 , and served H5647 them.
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4. And he built altars in the Lord's house, of which the Lord had said, "My name will be in Jerusalem forever."
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4. Also he built H1129 altars H4196 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , whereof H834 the LORD H3068 had said H559 , In Jerusalem H3389 shall my name H8034 be H1961 forever H5769 .
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5. He built altars for all the stars of heaven in the two open spaces of the house 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. And he burned his sons as a gift in the valley of Ben-hinnom. He did witchcraft and asked the demon world about the future. He asked the demon world to do very special things, and he talked with people who spoke with the spirits of the dead. He did what was very bad in the eyes of the Lord, and made Him angry.
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6. And he H1931 caused H853 his children H1121 to pass H5674 through the fire H784 in the valley H1516 of the son H1121 of Hinnom H2011 : also he observed times H6049 , and used enchantments H5172 , and used witchcraft H3784 , and dealt with H6213 a familiar spirit H178 , and with wizards H3049 : he wrought H6213 much H7235 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , to provoke him to anger H3707 .
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7. Manasseh made an object to look like a false god, and put it in God's house, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen from all the families of Israel, I will put My name forever.
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7. And he set H7760 H853 a carved image H6459 , the idol H5566 which H834 he had made H6213 , in the house H1004 of God H430 , of which H834 God H430 had 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 before all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , will I put H7760 H853 my name H8034 forever H5865 :
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8. And I will never again take Israel out of the land which I have chosen for your fathers, if only they will obey all that I have told them in the Laws given through Moses."
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8. Neither H3808 will I any more H3254 remove H5493 H853 the foot H7272 of Israel H3478 from out of H4480 H5921 the land H127 which H834 I have appointed H5975 for your fathers H1 ; so that H7535 H518 they will take heed H8104 to do H6213 H853 all H3605 that H834 I have commanded H6680 them , according to the whole H3605 law H8451 and the statutes H2706 and the ordinances H4941 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 .
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9. Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to do more sinful things than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of Israel.
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9. So Manasseh H4519 made H853 Judah H3063 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 to err H8582 , and to do H6213 worse H7451 than H4480 the heathen H1471 , whom H834 the LORD H3068 had destroyed H8045 before H4480 H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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10. The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen.
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10. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to H413 Manasseh H4519 , and to H413 his people H5971 : but they would not H3808 hearken H7181 .
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11. So the Lord brought the captains of the army of the king of Assyria against them. And they took Manasseh with hooks and tied him with brass chains and brought him to Babylon.
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11. Wherefore the LORD H3068 brought H935 upon H5921 H853 them the captains H8269 of the host of H6635 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , which H834 took H3920 H853 Manasseh H4519 among the thorns H2336 , and bound H631 him with fetters H5178 , and carried H1980 him to Babylon H894 .
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12. When Manasseh was in trouble, he prayed to the Lord his God, and put away his pride before the God of his fathers.
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12. And when he was in affliction H6887 , he besought H2470 H853 the LORD H6440 H3068 his God H430 , and humbled himself H3665 greatly H3966 before H4480 H6440 the God H430 of his fathers H1 ,
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13. When he prayed to Him, God heard his prayer and listened to him, and brought him again to Jerusalem and to his nation. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
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13. And prayed H6419 unto H413 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 H3588 the LORD H3068 he H1931 was God H430 .
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14. After this he built the outside wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the Fish Gate. He built it around the Ophel, and made it very high. Then he put army captains in all the strong cities of Judah.
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14. Now after H310 this H3651 he built H1129 a wall H2346 without H2435 the city H5892 of David H1732 , on the west side H4628 of Gihon H1521 , in the valley H5158 , even to the entering in H935 at the fish H1709 gate H8179 and compassed about H5437 Ophel H6077 , and raised it up a very great height H1361 H3966 , and put H7760 captains H8269 of war H2428 in all H3605 the fenced H1219 cities H5892 of Judah H3063 .
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15. He took away the strange gods and the false god from the house of the Lord. And he took away all the altars he had built on the mountain of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and threw them outside the city.
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15. And he took away H5493 H853 the strange H5236 gods H430 , and the idol H5566 out of the house H4480 H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and all H3605 the altars H4196 that H834 he had built H1129 in the mount H2022 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and in Jerusalem H3389 , and cast H7993 them out of H2351 the city H5892 .
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16. He set up the altar of the Lord and gave peace gifts and thank gifts in worship on it. And he told Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.
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16. And he repaired H1129 H853 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 , and sacrificed H2076 thereon H5921 peace H8002 offerings H2077 and thank offerings H8426 , and commanded H559 Judah H3063 to serve H5647 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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17. But the people still killed animals in worship at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
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17. Nevertheless H61 the people H5971 did sacrifice H2076 still H5750 in the high places H1116 , yet unto the LORD H3068 their God H430 only H7535 .
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18. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words the men who spoke for God spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are among the writings of the kings of Israel.
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18. Now the rest H3499 of the acts of H1697 Manasseh H4519 , and his prayer H8605 unto H413 his God H430 , and the words H1697 of the seers H2374 that spoke H1696 to H413 him in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , behold H2009 , they are written in H5921 the book H1697 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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19. His prayer and how God heard his prayer, and of all his sin and how he was not faithful, are found in the writings of the men who spoke for God. Also it is written where he built the high places, and made the objects of the false goddess Asherah, and made objects to look like gods, before he put away his pride.
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19. His prayer H8605 also , and how God was entreated H6279 of him , and all H3605 his sin H2403 , and his trespass H4604 , and the places H4725 wherein H834 he built H1129 high places H1116 , and set up H5975 groves H842 and graven images H6456 , before H6440 he was humbled H3665 : behold H2009 , they are written H3789 among H5921 the sayings H1697 of the seers H2335 .
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20. So Manasseh died and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon became king in his place.
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20. So Manasseh H4519 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and they buried H6912 him in his own house H1004 : and Amon H526 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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21. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and ruled for two years in Jerusalem.
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21. Amon H526 was two H8147 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and reigned H4427 two H8147 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 .
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22. Amon did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. He killed animals in worship to all the false gods his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.
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22. But he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , as H834 did H6213 Manasseh H4519 his father H1 : for Amon H526 sacrificed H2076 unto all H3605 the carved images H6456 which H834 Manasseh H4519 his father H1 had made H6213 , and served H5647 them;
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23. He did not put away his pride before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon added to his guilt.
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23. And humbled not himself H3808 H3665 before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 , as Manasseh H4519 his father H1 had humbled himself H3665 ; but H3588 Amon H526 trespassed H819 more and more H7235 .
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24. His servants made plans against him, and killed him in his own house.
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24. And his servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him , and slew H4191 him in his own house H1004 .
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25. But the people of the land killed all those who had killed King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.
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25. But 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 Josiah his son king H4427 H853 H2977 H1121 in his stead H8478 .
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