2 Kings 21:1-6 ▼

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominable practices of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.

3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he erected altars for Baal, made a sacred pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my name.”

5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

6 He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.