2 Kings 21:1-17

2 Kings 21:1-17

[1] Manasseh  was twelve  years  old  when he began to reign,  fifty  and five  years  in Jerusalem.  And his mother's  name  was Hephzibah.  [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.  [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  [4] And he built  altars  in the house  of the LORD,  said,  In Jerusalem  will I put  my name.  [5] And he built  altars  for all the host  of heaven  in the two  courts  of the house  of the LORD.  [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.  [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:  [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  [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.  [10] And the LORD  spake  by  his servants  the prophets,  saying,  [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:  [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.  [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.  [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  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.  [16] Moreover Manasseh  shed  innocent  blood  very  much,  till he had filled  Jerusalem  from one end  beside his sin  wherewith he made Judah  to sin,  in doing  that which was evil  in the sight  of the LORD.  [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?