2 Chronicles 33
The Reign of
Manasseh |
2 Kgs. 21.1-18 |
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Manas'seh was twelve years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in
Jerusalem:
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but did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD, Jer. 15.4 like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of
Israel.
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For he built again the high places which
Hezeki'ah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for
Ba'alim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and
served them.
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Also he built altars in the house of the
LORD, whereof the LORD had
said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 2 Sam. 7.13
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And he built altars for all the host of
heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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And he caused his children to pass
through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he
observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and
dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil
in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to
anger.
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And he set a carved image, the idol which
he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and
to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have
chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for
ever:
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neither will I any more remove the foot
of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your
fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded
them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances
by the hand of Moses. 1 Kgs. 9.3-5 · 2 Chr. 7.12-18
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So Manas'seh made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the
heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the
children of Israel.
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And the LORD spake
to Manas'seh, and to his people: but they would not
hearken.
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Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria,
which took Manas'seh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters,
and carried him to Babylon.
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And when he was in affliction, he
besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself
greatly before the God of his fathers,
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and prayed unto him: and he was entreated
of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manas'seh knew that the LORD he was God.
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Now after this he built a wall without
the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to
the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and
raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the
fenced cities of Judah.
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And he took away the strange gods, and
the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all
the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of
the city.
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And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank
offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
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Nevertheless the people did sacrifice
still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
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Now the rest of the acts of Manas'seh,
and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake
to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel.
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His prayer also, and how God was
entreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places
wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images,
before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the
sayings of the seers.
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So Manas'seh slept with his fathers, and
they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his
stead.
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The Reign of
Amon |
2 Kgs. 21.19-26 |
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Amon was two and twenty years
old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in
Jerusalem.
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But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manas'seh
his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which
Manas'seh his father had made, and served them;
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and humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manas'seh his father had humbled himself; but
Amon trespassed more and more.
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And his servants conspired against him,
and slew him in his own house.
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But the people of the land slew all them
that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land
made Josi'ah his son king in his stead.
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