II. Krnes XXII. 14.

not written in the_book_of the chroni- cles of the_kings_of Judah ?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fa- thers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
21 mMANASSEH was twelve years
old when he began_to_reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Je- rusalem, And his mother’s name was h Hephzi-bah.
2 And he did that which was evil in the_sight_of ‘the Lorn, after the_ abominations_of the »=heathen, whom Jthe Lord cast_out before the_s chil- dren_of Israél.
8 For he built_up again «the high_ places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared_up altars for xBaal, and made a groye, «as did Ahab king_of Israél; and worshipped all the_ host_of ¢xsheaven, and served them.
4 And he -built altars in the_-house_of| » +
4 the Lorn, of which J the Lorp said, “In Jerusalem will-I_put My “name.”
5 And he built altars for all the_host_ of ¢x=heaven in the_two courts_of the_ house-_of ! the Lorp.
6 And he -made his son pass_through the fire, and -observed_times, and used_ enchantments, and -dealt with familiar_ spirits and wizards: he wrought much xwickedness in the_sight_of ! the Lorp, to provoke_Him_to_anger.
7 And he set a -graven_image_of the grove that he had_made in the house, of which J the Lorp said to David, and to Solomon his son, “In xthis xhouse, and in Jerusalem, which I ‘haye_chosen out_of all tribes_of Israél, will_I_put My -name for ever :
8 Neither will_I_make the_feet_of Is- raél 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 accord- ing_to all the law that My servant Moses commanded tlrent.”
9 But they hearkened not: and Ma- nasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom ! the Lorp destroyed before the_s children_of Is- raél,
10 And/ the Lorp spake by His servants the prophets, saying,
J1 “Because Manasseh king_of Judah shath_done xthese xabominations, and shath_done_wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath_made Judah also to_sin with his / idols :
12 Therefore thus -saith Jthe Lorp =God_of Israél, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall_tingle. ‘
13 And I -will_stretch over Jerusalem -the_line_of Samaria, and -the_plum- met_of the_house_of Ahab: and I -will_ wipe -Jerusalem acas a man twipeth a kdish, wiping it, and turning 7t upside_ down.
14 And I -will_forsake -the_remnant_ of Mine inheritance, and «deliver them into the_hand_of their enemies; and they :shall_become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies ;
B.C. about 698.
MANASSEH REIGNS OVER JUDAH.
1, 2.2 CHR. 33.1, 2.
m. Manas- seh, For- getting.
hh. Hephzi- bah, My delight és in her.
n. nations. Hs IDOLATRY. 3-9. 2 CHR.
33. 3-9.
a. accord-
4.1 Kin. 9.3. J. Jehovah,
t. the heavens. 6. Ch, 16. 3.
8. SONS.
JEHOVAH'S THREATEN- INGS.
10-15. 2 CHR. 33. 10-17.
f. filthy- idols.
18. See Isa. 34,11. Lam. a 8. Amos
ae. accord- ing as,
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