2 Kings 21:1-5 ▼

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

2 He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had dispossessed before the Israelites.

3 He 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.

4 He built altars in the LORD’s temple, where the LORD had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put My name.”

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