2 Kings 21 HCSB NIV Parallel

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1Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah.

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 destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.

3He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. 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 I will put My name."

4He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my Name."

5He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the LORD's temple.

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

6He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a great amount of evil in the LORD's sight, provoking Him.

6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

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.

7He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD 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 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."

8I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them."

9But they did not listen; Manasseh caused them to stray so that they did greater evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

9But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

10The LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, "

10The LORD said through his servants the prophets:

11Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these detestable things--greater evil than the Amorites who preceded him had done--and by means of his idols has also caused Judah to sin,

11"Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.

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.

12Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

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.

13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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,

14I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies;

15because they have done what is evil in My sight and have provoked Me from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until today.'"

15they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day."

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. Consequently, they did what was evil in the LORD's sight.

16Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end--besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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.

17As for the other events of Manasseh's reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

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.

18Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.

19Amon was 22 years old when he became king and reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

20He did what was evil in the LORD's sight as his father Manasseh had done.

20He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

21He walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served the idols his father had served, and he worshiped them.

21He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them.

22He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

22He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.

23Amon's servants conspired against the king and killed him in his own house.

23Amon's officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.

24Then the common people executed all those who had conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.

24Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.

25The rest of the events of Amon's reign, along with his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

25As for the other events of Amon's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.

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