2 Chronicles 33 CSB NIV Parallel

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1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

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.

2He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served them.

3He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.

4He built altars in the LORD's temple, where the LORD had said, "Jerusalem is where my name will remain forever."

4He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever."

5He built altars to all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the LORD's temple.

5In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.

6He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD's sight, angering him.

6He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

7Manasseh set up a carved image of the idol, which he had made, in God's temple that God 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.

7He took the image he had made and put it in God's temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

8I will never again remove the feet of the Israelites from the land where I stationed your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do all I have commanded them through Moses--all the law, statutes, and judgments."

8I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and regulations given through Moses."

9So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

9But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn't listen.

10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

11So he brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

11So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

12When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

12In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

13He prayed to him, and the LORD was receptive to his prayer. He granted his request and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that the LORD is God.

13And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

14After this, he built the outer wall of the city of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate; he brought it around the Ophel, and he heightened it considerably. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

14Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

15He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the LORD's temple, along with all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the LORD's temple and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

15He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the LORD, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city.

16He built the altar of the LORD and offered fellowship and thank offerings on it. Then he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.

16Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.

17However, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

17The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

18The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written in the Events of Israel's Kings.

18The other events of Manasseh's reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.

19His prayer and how God was receptive to his prayer, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Events of Hozai.

19His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself--all these are written in the records of the seers.

20Manasseh rested with his fathers, and he was buried in his own house. His son Amon became king in his place.

20Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.

21Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

21Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.

22He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as his father Manasseh had done. Amon sacrificed to all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

22He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made.

23But he did not humble himself before the LORD like his father Manasseh humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

23But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the LORD; Amon increased his guilt.

24So his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

24Amon's officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.

25The common people killed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

25Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.

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