2 Chronicles 33

New King James Version

Manasseh Reigns in Judah^(A)

33 Manasseh^(B)wastwelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.² But he did evil in the sight of theLord, according to the^(C)abominations of the nations whom theLordhad cast out before the children of Israel.³ For he rebuilt the^[a]high places which Hezekiah his father had^(D)broken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and^(E)made wooden images; and he worshiped^(F)all^[b]the host of heaven and served them.⁴ He also built altars in the house of theLord, of which theLordhad said,^(G)“In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.”⁵ And he built altars for all the host of heaven^(H)in the two courts of the house of theLord.^6 (I)Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced^(J)soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and^(K)consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of theLord, to provoke Him to anger.^7 (L)He even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the^[c]house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son,^(M)“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;^8 (N)and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.”⁹ So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom theLordhad destroyed before the children of Israel.

Manasseh Restored After Repentance

¹⁰ And theLordspoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not^[d]listen.^11 (O)Therefore theLordbrought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with^[e]hooks,^(P)bound him with^[f]bronzefetters,and carried him off to Babylon.¹² Now when he was in affliction, he implored theLordhis God, and^(Q)humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,¹³ and prayed to Him; and He^(R)received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh^(S)knew that theLordwasGod.

¹⁴ After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of^(T)Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; andit^(U)enclosed Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. Then he put military captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.¹⁵ He took away^(V)the foreign gods and the idol from the house of theLord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of theLordand in Jerusalem; and he castthemout of the city.¹⁶ He also repaired the altar of theLord, sacrificed peace offerings and^(W)thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve theLordGod of Israel.^17 (X)Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the^[g]high places,butonly to theLordtheir God.

Death of Manasseh^(Y)

¹⁸ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of^(Z)the seers who spoke to him in the name of theLordGod of Israel, indeed theyare writtenin the^[h]book of the kings of Israel.¹⁹ Also his prayer andhow Godreceived his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built^[i]high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed theyarewritten among the sayings of^[j]Hozai.^20 (AA)So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.

Amon’s Reign and Death^(AB)

^21 (AC)Amonwastwenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.²² But he did evil in the sight of theLord, as his father Manasseh had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and served them.²³ And he did not humble himself before theLord,^(AD)as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

^24 (AE)Then his servants conspired against him, and^(AF)killed him in his own house.²⁵ But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.