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Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah | ||||
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| 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah. | 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. | 1 Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. | 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah. | 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah. | 2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. | 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. | 2 He did what the LORD considered evil by copying the disgusting things done by the nations that the LORD had forced out of the Israelites' way. | 2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. | 2 And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel. | 3 For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. | 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. | 3 He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He set up altars dedicated to Baal and made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven. | 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them. | 3 And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. | 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name." | 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. | 4 He built altars in the LORD's temple, where the LORD had said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem." | 4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem." | 4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. | 5 For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. | 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. | 5 In the two courtyards of the LORD's temple, he built altars for the entire army of heaven. | 5 He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh. | 5 And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him to anger. | 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 the LORD, to provoke him to anger. | 6 He burned his son as a sacrifice, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, and appointed [royal] mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the LORD furious. | 6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. | 6 And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. | 7 Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. | 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made 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 tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: | 7 Manasseh had an idol of Asherah made. Then he set it up in the temple, where the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, "I have chosen this temple and Jerusalem from all the tribes of Israel. I will put my name here forever. | 7 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh 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 put my name forever; | 7 And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had 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 put my name for ever; | 8 "And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only 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." | 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. | 8 I will never again make Israel's feet wander from the land that I gave to their ancestors if they will obey all the commands and all the Teachings that my servant Moses gave them." | 8 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only 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." | 8 neither will I any more cause the foot of Israel to wander away from the land that I gave their fathers; if they will only take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. | 9 But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. | 9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. | 9 (But they wouldn't obey.) Manasseh misled Israel so that they did more evil things than the nations that the LORD had destroyed when the Israelites arrived in the land. | 9 But they didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel. | 9 But they would not hearken, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel. | The King’s Idolatries Rebuked |
| 10 Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, | 10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, | 10 Then the LORD spoke through his servants the prophets: | 10 Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, | 10 And Jehovah spoke by his servants the prophets saying, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; | 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: | 11 "King Manasseh of Judah has done disgusting things, things more evil than what the Amorites who [were here] before him had done. Manasseh has also made Judah sin by [worshiping] his idols. | 11 "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols; | 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols; | 12 therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. | 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. | 12 So this is what I, the LORD God of Israel, said: I'm going to bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears about it will ring. | 12 therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle. | 12 therefore thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. | 13 'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. | 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. | 13 I will measure Jerusalem with the measuring line used for Samaria and the plumb line used for Ahab's dynasty. I will wipe out Jerusalem in the same way that a dish is wiped out and turned upside down. | 13 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 wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. | 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 one wipeth a pan, wiping it and turning it upside down. | 14 'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; | 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; | 14 I will abandon the rest of my people. I will put them under the control of their enemies, and they will become property that their enemies capture. | 14 I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies. They will become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; | 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; | 15 because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" | 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. | 15 I will do this because they have done what I consider evil and have been making me furious from the time their ancestors left Egypt until this day." | 15 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.'" | 15 because they have done evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt even to this day. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. | 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 the LORD. | 16 In addition to his sin that he led Judah to commit in front of the LORD, Manasseh also killed a lot of innocent people from one end of Jerusalem to the other. | 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. | 16 And Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing evil in the sight of Jehovah. | 17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did and his sin which he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? | 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? | 17 Isn't everything else about Manasseh-everything he did, the sins he committed-written in the official records of the kings of Judah? | 17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? | 17 And the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin which he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? | 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 became king in his place. | 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. | 18 Manasseh lay down in death with his ancestors. He was buried in the garden of his own palace, in the garden of Uzza. His son Amon succeeded him as king. | 18 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 place. | 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. | Amon Succeeds Manasseh |
| 19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. | 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. | 19 Amon was 22 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 2 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz from Jotbah. | 19 Amon was twenty-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. | 19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. | 20 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. | 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. | 20 He did what the LORD considered evil, as his father Manasseh had done. | 20 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father. | 20 And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 For he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them. | 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 He lived like his father in every way and worshiped and prayed to the idols his father had worshiped. | 21 He walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them: | 21 and he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshipped them; | 22 So he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD. | 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. | 22 He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and didn't live the LORD's way. | 22 and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh. | 22 and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah. | 23 The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. | 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. | 23 Amon's officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace. | 23 The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. | 23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. | 24 Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. | 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. | 24 Then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place. | 24 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. | 24 But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. | 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? | 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? | 25 Isn't everything else about Amon-the things he did-written in the official record of the kings of Judah? | 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? | 25 And the rest of the acts of Amon, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place. | 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. | 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. His son Josiah succeeded him as king. | 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place. | 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. |
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