1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2But did that which was evil in the sight of Yahuah (LORD), like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom Yahuah (LORD) had cast out before the children of Yashar'el (Israel).
3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4Also he built altars in the house of Yahuah (LORD), whereof Yahuah (LORD) had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Yahuah (LORD).
6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Yahuah (LORD), to provoke him to anger.
7And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of Elohim (God), of which Elohim (God) had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Yashar'el (Israel), will I put my name for ever:
8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Yashar'el (Israel) from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9So Manasseh made Yahudah (Judah) and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom Yahuah (LORD) had destroyed before the children of Yashar'el (Israel).
10And Yahuah (LORD) spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11Wherefore Yahuah (LORD) brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12And when he was in affliction, he besought Yahuah Elohav (the LORD his God), and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim (God) of his fathers,
13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahuah (LORD) he was Elohim (God).
14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Yahudah (Judah).
15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of Yahuah (LORD), and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Yahuah (LORD), and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
16And he repaired the altar of Yahuah (LORD), and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Yahudah (Judah) to serve Yahuah Elohim (the LORD God) of Yashar'el (Israel).
17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto Yahuah (LORD) their Elohim (God) only.
18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his Elohim (God), and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Yahuah Elohim (the LORD God) of Yashar'el (Israel), behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yashar'el (Israel).
19His prayer also, and how Elohim (God) was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22But he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahuah (LORD), as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
23And humbled not himself before Yahuah (LORD), as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25But 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.