<vn='1'><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> was <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="2572">fifty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>But <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, like unto the <sn="8441">abominations</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had cast <sn="3423">out</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>For he <sn="1129">built</s><sn="7725">again</s><sn="*853"></s> the high <sn="1116">places</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had broken <sn="5422">down</s>, and he reared <sn="6965">up</s><sn="4196">altars</s> for <sn="1168">Baalim</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s><sn="842">groves</s>, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s> them. </v>
<vn='4'>Also he <sn="1129">built</s><sn="4196">altars</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">whereof</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="559">said</s>, In <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> shall my <sn="8034">name</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="1129">built</s><sn="4196">altars</s> for <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s> in the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="2691">courts</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="1931">he</s> caused <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">children</s> to <sn="5674">pass</s> through the <sn="784">fire</s> in the <sn="1516">valley</s> of the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2011">Hinnom</s>: also he observed <sn="6049">times</s>, and used <sn="5172">enchantments</s>, and used <sn="3784">witchcraft</s>, and dealt <sn="6213">with</s> a familiar <sn="178">spirit</s>, and with <sn="3049">wizards</s>: he <sn="6213">wrought</s><sn="7235">much</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to provoke him to <sn="3707">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And he <sn="7760">set</s><sn="*853"></s> a carved <sn="6459">image</s>, the <sn="5566">idol</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="6213">made</s>, in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, of <sn="834">which</s><sn="430">God</s> had <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s> and <sn="413">to</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>, In <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s>, and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s> before <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, will I <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="8034">name</s><sn="5865">forever</s>: </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3808">Neither</s> will I any <sn="3254">more</s><sn="5493">remove</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7272">foot</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> from out <sn="4480 5921">of</s> the <sn="127">land</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="5975">appointed</s> for your <sn="1">fathers</s>; so <sn="7535 518">that</s> they will take <sn="8104">heed</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="6680">commanded</s> them, according to the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="8451">law</s> and the <sn="2706">statutes</s> and the <sn="4941">ordinances</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>So <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="8582">err</s>, and to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="7451">worse</s><sn="4480">than</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="8045">destroyed</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>: but they would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7181">hearken</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Wherefore the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="935">brought</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="*853"></s> them the <sn="8269">captains</s> of the host <sn="6635">of</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> among the <sn="2336">thorns</s>, and <sn="631">bound</s> him with <sn="5178">fetters</s>, and <sn="1980">carried</s> him to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And when he was in <sn="6887">affliction</s>, he <sn="2470">besought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440 3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>, and humbled <sn="3665">himself</s><sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>, </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="413">unto</s> him: and he was <sn="6279">entreated</s> of him, and <sn="8085">heard</s> his <sn="8467">supplication</s>, and brought him <sn="7725">again</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> into his <sn="4438">kingdom</s>. Then <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Now <sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s> he <sn="1129">built</s> a <sn="2346">wall</s><sn="2435">without</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, on the west <sn="4628">side</s> of <sn="1521">Gihon</s>, in the <sn="5158">valley</s>, even to the entering <sn="935">in</s> at the <sn="1709">fish</s><sn="8179">gate</s> and compassed <sn="5437">about</s><sn="6077">Ophel</s>, and raised it up a very great <sn="1361 3966">height</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="8269">captains</s> of <sn="2428">war</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1219">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he took <sn="5493">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5236">strange</s><sn="430">gods</s>, and the <sn="5566">idol</s> out of the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4196">altars</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="1129">built</s> in the <sn="2022">mount</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s> them out <sn="2351">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="1129">repaired</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="2076">sacrificed</s><sn="5921">thereon</s><sn="8002">peace</s><sn="2077">offerings</s> and thank <sn="8426">offerings</s>, and <sn="559">commanded</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> to <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="61">Nevertheless</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> did <sn="2076">sacrifice</s><sn="5750">still</s> in the high <sn="1116">places</s>, yet unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s><sn="7535">only</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the acts <sn="1697">of</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and his <sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="430">God</s>, and the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="2374">seers</s> that <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> him in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are written <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="1697">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>His <sn="8605">prayer</s> also, and how God was <sn="6279">entreated</s> of him, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2403">sin</s>, and his <sn="4604">trespass</s>, and the <sn="4725">places</s><sn="834">wherein</s> he <sn="1129">built</s> high <sn="1116">places</s>, and set <sn="5975">up</s><sn="842">groves</s> and graven <sn="6456">images</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> he was <sn="3665">humbled</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">among</s> the <sn="1697">sayings</s> of the <sn="2335">seers</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>So <sn="4519">Manasseh</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in his own <sn="1004">house</s>: and <sn="526">Amon</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="526">Amon</s> was <sn="8147">two</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>But he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> his <sn="1">father</s>: for <sn="526">Amon</s><sn="2076">sacrificed</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the carved <sn="6456">images</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s> them; </v>
<vn='23'>And humbled not <sn="3808 3665">himself</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, as <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had humbled <sn="3665">himself</s>; <sn="3588">but</s><sn="526">Amon</s><sn="819">trespassed</s> more and <sn="7235">more</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, and <sn="4191">slew</s> him in his own <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>But the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> them that had <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="526">Amon</s>; and the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> made Josiah his son <sn="4427 *853 2977 1121">king</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>