Manasseh, 12-year-old king
2 Chronicles 33:1-20 1King Hezekiah’s boy, Manasseh, was 12 years old when he became king of Judah. He reigned 55 years. [1] His mother was Hephzibah. 2Manasseh was a poor excuse of a king, in God’s eyes. Manasseh reverted to some of the old, pagan religions of nations God drove off the land. This king practiced repulsive worship rituals.
3He rebuilt hilltop shrines his dad, Hezekiah, had torn down. He built altars for worshiping the Canaanite god Baal. [2] And he erected a pole [3] used in worshiping the goddess Asherah. In doing this, he mimicked Israel’s infamous King Ahab. Manasseh also worshiped gods of the sky. [4] 4He built pagan altars, too, and put them on Jerusalem’s Temple property. The Temple is a sacred space reserved for the LORD who said, “This is my home, my resting place forever.” [5] 5Two of those altars were for gods of the sky. He put them in two of the Temple courtyards that are devoted to the LORD alone. Manasseh sacrifices his son
6Manasseh sacrificed his own son and burned the body on an altar. [6] He consulted sorcerers, wizards, fortunetellers, along with mediums who tried to contact the dead. [7] These sins made the LORD angry.
7Manasseh put a carved image of the goddess Asherah on the Temple property. This is the same Temple that the LORD told David and his son Solomon would become his home. The LORD told them that this house in Jerusalem is where he would live forever among his chosen people—Israel. 8He said this would be Israel’s home forever, just as he had promised their ancestors. But Israel’s part of the agreement was to obey the laws God gave them through Moses.
9Judah didn’t obey God. Manasseh led the way. Judah under his leadership became viler and more sinful than the nations who had lived there centuries earlier—before the LORD got rid of them to make room for Israel.
10The LORD has this to say, which he said through his prophets:
11Judah’s King Manasseh has more evil in him than all the Amorites [8] who ever lived. He’s the reason Judah sins—the reason they worship idols. 12So here’s what’s going to happen next. I’m going to bring the hammer down on Jerusalem and all of Judah. They want evil, then I’ll give them evil that will send chills up their backs.
13I will measure Jerusalem’s sins precisely like I did for Samaria. Then I will execute judgment like I did for Ahab’s sinful land. [9] I’m going to level Jerusalem like you’d wipe leftovers off a dirty plate. 14Then I’ll trash the leftovers. Judah’s enemies will capture people who survive the end of Jerusalem. 15My chosen people have chosen to constantly provoke my anger. They’ve done this since the day I freed them from slavery in Egypt. Slaughter of Jerusalem’s innocents
16Manasseh did more than worship idols. He killed enough innocent people to paint Jerusalem’s landscape red from one end of town to the other. The LORD saw it all as evil.
17The rest of Manasseh’s story, with the sins he committed, are written in the History of Judah’s Kings. 18He died and was buried with his ancestors in a garden outside his house, Uzza’s Garden. [10] Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king. Amon, Judah’s two-year king
2 Chronicles 33:21-25 19Amon was 22 years old when he became king. He held the job for two years. His mother was Meshullemeth. She was the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah. [11] 20Amon followed his father’s evil way of life—evil in the LORD’s eyes. 21He did every evil thing his dad had done. He worshipped the same idols his father had served. 22He turned his back on the LORD and walked away.
Amon killed in coup
23Some of Amon’s officials assassinated him and many in his family. 24When Judah’s citizens found out about it, they executed the people who led the coup and killed the king. Judah’s people crowned Amon’s surviving son, Josiah.
25The rest of Amon’s story is recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 26People buried him with his father, in Uzza’s Garden. His son Josiah became the next king.
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1King Hezekiah’s boy, Manasseh, was 12 years old when he became king of Judah. He reigned 55 years. [1] His mother was Hephzibah. 2Manasseh was a poor excuse of a king, in God’s eyes. Manasseh reverted to some of the old, pagan religions of nations God drove off the land. This king practiced repulsive worship rituals.
3He rebuilt hilltop shrines his dad, Hezekiah, had torn down. He built altars for worshiping the Canaanite god Baal. [2] And he erected a pole [3] used in worshiping the goddess Asherah. In doing this, he mimicked Israel’s infamous King Ahab. Manasseh also worshiped gods of the sky. [4] 4He built pagan altars, too, and put them on Jerusalem’s Temple property. The Temple is a sacred space reserved for the LORD who said, “This is my home, my resting place forever.” [5] 5Two of those altars were for gods of the sky. He put them in two of the Temple courtyards that are devoted to the LORD alone.
7Manasseh put a carved image of the goddess Asherah on the Temple property. This is the same Temple that the LORD told David and his son Solomon would become his home. The LORD told them that this house in Jerusalem is where he would live forever among his chosen people—Israel. 8He said this would be Israel’s home forever, just as he had promised their ancestors. But Israel’s part of the agreement was to obey the laws God gave them through Moses.
9Judah didn’t obey God. Manasseh led the way. Judah under his leadership became viler and more sinful than the nations who had lived there centuries earlier—before the LORD got rid of them to make room for Israel.
10The LORD has this to say, which he said through his prophets:
11Judah’s King Manasseh has more evil in him than all the Amorites [8] who ever lived. He’s the reason Judah sins—the reason they worship idols. 12So here’s what’s going to happen next. I’m going to bring the hammer down on Jerusalem and all of Judah. They want evil, then I’ll give them evil that will send chills up their backs.
13I will measure Jerusalem’s sins precisely like I did for Samaria. Then I will execute judgment like I did for Ahab’s sinful land. [9] I’m going to level Jerusalem like you’d wipe leftovers off a dirty plate. 14Then I’ll trash the leftovers. Judah’s enemies will capture people who survive the end of Jerusalem. 15My chosen people have chosen to constantly provoke my anger. They’ve done this since the day I freed them from slavery in Egypt.
17The rest of Manasseh’s story, with the sins he committed, are written in the History of Judah’s Kings. 18He died and was buried with his ancestors in a garden outside his house, Uzza’s Garden. [10] Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king.Amon, Judah’s two-year king
3He rebuilt hilltop shrines his dad, Hezekiah, had torn down. He built altars for worshiping the Canaanite god Baal. [2] And he erected a pole [3] used in worshiping the goddess Asherah. In doing this, he mimicked Israel’s infamous King Ahab. Manasseh also worshiped gods of the sky. [4] 4He built pagan altars, too, and put them on Jerusalem’s Temple property. The Temple is a sacred space reserved for the LORD who said, “This is my home, my resting place forever.” [5] 5Two of those altars were for gods of the sky. He put them in two of the Temple courtyards that are devoted to the LORD alone.
Manasseh sacrifices his son
6Manasseh sacrificed his own son and burned the body on an altar. [6] He consulted sorcerers, wizards, fortunetellers, along with mediums who tried to contact the dead. [7] These sins made the LORD angry.7Manasseh put a carved image of the goddess Asherah on the Temple property. This is the same Temple that the LORD told David and his son Solomon would become his home. The LORD told them that this house in Jerusalem is where he would live forever among his chosen people—Israel. 8He said this would be Israel’s home forever, just as he had promised their ancestors. But Israel’s part of the agreement was to obey the laws God gave them through Moses.
9Judah didn’t obey God. Manasseh led the way. Judah under his leadership became viler and more sinful than the nations who had lived there centuries earlier—before the LORD got rid of them to make room for Israel.
10The LORD has this to say, which he said through his prophets:
11Judah’s King Manasseh has more evil in him than all the Amorites [8] who ever lived. He’s the reason Judah sins—the reason they worship idols. 12So here’s what’s going to happen next. I’m going to bring the hammer down on Jerusalem and all of Judah. They want evil, then I’ll give them evil that will send chills up their backs.
13I will measure Jerusalem’s sins precisely like I did for Samaria. Then I will execute judgment like I did for Ahab’s sinful land. [9] I’m going to level Jerusalem like you’d wipe leftovers off a dirty plate. 14Then I’ll trash the leftovers. Judah’s enemies will capture people who survive the end of Jerusalem. 15My chosen people have chosen to constantly provoke my anger. They’ve done this since the day I freed them from slavery in Egypt.
Slaughter of Jerusalem’s innocents
16Manasseh did more than worship idols. He killed enough innocent people to paint Jerusalem’s landscape red from one end of town to the other. The LORD saw it all as evil.17The rest of Manasseh’s story, with the sins he committed, are written in the History of Judah’s Kings. 18He died and was buried with his ancestors in a garden outside his house, Uzza’s Garden. [10] Manasseh’s son Amon became the next king.
Amon, Judah’s two-year king
2 Chronicles 33:21-25 19Amon was 22 years old when he became king. He held the job for two years. His mother was Meshullemeth. She was the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah. [11] 20Amon followed his father’s evil way of life—evil in the LORD’s eyes. 21He did every evil thing his dad had done. He worshipped the same idols his father had served. 22He turned his back on the LORD and walked away.
Amon killed in coup
23Some of Amon’s officials assassinated him and many in his family. 24When Judah’s citizens found out about it, they executed the people who led the coup and killed the king. Judah’s people crowned Amon’s surviving son, Josiah.
25The rest of Amon’s story is recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 26People buried him with his father, in Uzza’s Garden. His son Josiah became the next king.
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19Amon was 22 years old when he became king. He held the job for two years. His mother was Meshullemeth. She was the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah. [11] 20Amon followed his father’s evil way of life—evil in the LORD’s eyes. 21He did every evil thing his dad had done. He worshipped the same idols his father had served. 22He turned his back on the LORD and walked away.
25The rest of Amon’s story is recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 26People buried him with his father, in Uzza’s Garden. His son Josiah became the next king.
Amon killed in coup
23Some of Amon’s officials assassinated him and many in his family. 24When Judah’s citizens found out about it, they executed the people who led the coup and killed the king. Judah’s people crowned Amon’s surviving son, Josiah.25The rest of Amon’s story is recorded in the History of Judah’s Kings. 26People buried him with his father, in Uzza’s Garden. His son Josiah became the next king.
