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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Kings 21 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > 2 Kings 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/20.htm" title="2 Kings 20">◄</a> 2 Kings 21 <a href="../2_kings/22.htm" title="2 Kings 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/2_kings/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Manasseh King of Judah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He did evil in the eyes of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, following the detestable practices of the nations the <span class="name">Lord</span> had driven out before the Israelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He built altars in the temple of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, of which the <span class="name">Lord</span> had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the two courts of the temple of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, he built altars to all the starry hosts. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He 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 <span class="name">Lord</span>, arousing his anger.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the <span class="name">Lord</span> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I 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.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the <span class="name">Lord</span> had destroyed before the Israelites.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> said through his servants the prophets: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the <span class="name">Lord</span>, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I 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; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Moreover, 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 <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Amon King of Judah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Amon 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He did evil in the eyes of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, as his father Manasseh had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He forsook the <span class="name">Lord</span>, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>As 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. 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