1AND it came to pass after that Hezekiah died and Manasseh became king, that he did not remember the commands of Hezekiah his father, but forgat them, and Sammael abode in Manasseh and clung fast to him.
2And Manasseh forsook the service of the Elohim (God) of his father, and he served Satan and his angels and his powers.
3And he turned aside the house of his father, which had been before the face of Hezekiah (from) the words of wisdom and from the service of Elohim (God).
4And Manasseh turned aside his heart to serve Beliar; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world, is Beliar, whose name is Mantanbuchus. and he delighted in Jerusalem because of Manasseh, and he made him strong in apostatizing (Israel) and in the lawlessness which were spread abroad in Jerusalem.