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And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he committed much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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 them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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.</p> <a name="10" id="10"></a><p class="hdg">Manasseh's Idolatries Rebuked<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/33.htm#10">2 Chronicles 33:10-20</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.</p> <a name="19" id="19"></a><p class="hdg">Amon's Evil Reign in Judah<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/33.htm#21">2 Chronicles 33:21-25</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_kings/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_kings/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_kings/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>