| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. | 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. |
| 2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. | 2He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites. |
| 3For he rebuilt the high places that 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. | 3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served them. |
| 4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem will I put my name.” | 4He built altars in the LORD's temple, where the LORD had said, "Jerusalem is where I will put my name." |
| 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. | 5He built altars to all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the LORD's temple. |
| 6And he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger. | 6He sacrificed his son in the fire, practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD's sight, angering him. |
| 7And the carved image of Asherah that he had made he set 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 the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever. | 7Manasseh set up the carved image of Asherah, which he made, in the temple that the LORD had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: "I will establish my name forever in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. |
| 8And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander anymore out of the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that my servant Moses commanded them.” | 8I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land I gave to their ancestors if only they will be careful to do all I have commanded them--the whole law that my servant Moses commanded them." |
| 9But they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel. | 9But they did not listen; Manasseh caused them to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. |
| 10And the LORD said by his servants the prophets, | 10The LORD said through his servants the prophets, |
| 11“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations and has done things more evil than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols, | 11"Since King Manasseh of Judah has committed all these detestable acts--worse evil than the Amorites who preceded him had done--and by means of his idols has also caused Judah to sin, |
| 12therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. | 12this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'I am about to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that everyone who hears about it will shudder. |
| 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. | 13I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason's level used on the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl--wiping it and turning it upside down. |
| 14And I will forsake the remnant of my heritage and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies, | 14I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies, |
| 15because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.” | 15because they have done what is evil in my sight and have angered me from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until today.'" |
| 16Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. | 16Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the LORD's sight. |
| 17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? | 17The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are written in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings. |
| 18And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place. | 18Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, the garden of Uzza. His son Amon became king in his place. |
| 19Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. | 19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. |
| 20And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. | 20He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as his father Manasseh had done. |
| 21He walked in all the way in which his father walked and served the idols that his father served and worshiped them. | 21He walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served the idols his father had served, and he bowed in worship to them. |
| 22He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD. | 22He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not walk in the ways of the LORD. |
| 23And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house. | 23Amon's servants conspired against him and put the king to death in his own house. |
| 24But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. | 24The common people killed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place. |
| 25Now the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? | 25The rest of the events of Amon's reign, along with his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings. |
| 26And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place. | 26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place. |
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