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24 In xthose xdays Hezekiah was_sick| B.C. 71 to the death, and prayed unto / the Lorp: and He spake unto him, and He gave him a sign. %
25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according_to the benefit done unto him ; for his heart was_lifted_up : therefore there was_wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
2% Notwithstanding Hezekiah hum- bled_himself for the_/pride_of his heart, | 15,19 both he and the_inhabitants_of Jeru-|" salem, so that the_wrath_of / the Lorp came not upon them in the_days_of Hezekiah. :
27 And Hezekiah had ex much riches and honour: and he made him- self treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all_manner_of dpleasant jewels ;
28 Storehouses also for the_increase_ of corn, and » wine, and oil; and stalls
‘or all manner-_of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions_of flocks and herds in abundance: for =God had_given him substance very much.
80 This_same Hezekiah also stopped the upper -watercourse_of Gihon, and brought_it_straight_down to the_west side_of the_city_of David. And Heze- kiah prospered in all his works. «
_ 31 Howbeit in the business of the am- bassadors_of fo Babylon, xazwho sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, x=God left him, to try him, that He|"j25 nie iets all'that was in his heart. Now the-_rest_of the_acts_of Heze- kiah, and his * =goodness, behold, they are written in the_vision_of Isaiah the prophet, the_son_of Amoz, and in the_|*5: Sp, book_of the_kings_of Judah and Israél.| ‘
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the_|_*xxix. chiefest_of the_sepulchres_of the_sons_ of David: and all Judah ard the_inha- bitants_of Jerusalem did_him_honour at his death. And Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.
32 m MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began_to_reign, and
he reigned fifty and five years in Jeru-
salem :
2 But did that which was xevil in| 91:7, the_sight_of 4 the Lorp, like unto the_ abominations_of the =heathen, whom| Sh, ‘the Lorp had_cast_out before the_ s children_of Israél.
83 For he built again «the high_places which Hezekiah his father had_broken_ down, and he reared_up altars for x=Baalim, and made groves, and wor-| 21.39. shipped all the_host_of ¢x-heaven, and|%,U" served trem.
4 Also he -built altars in the_house_ of J the Lorp, whereof ‘the Lorp had_ said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.”
5 And he built altars for all the_host_ of x-heaven ig the_two courts_of the_ house_of J the Lorp.
6 And he caused his s«children to_pass | s. sons.
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through the fire in the_valley_of the_ son_of Hinnom: also he -observed_ etimes, and -used_enchantments, and ‘used _ witchcraft, and -dealt_with a familiar _ spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much xevil in the_sight_of! the Lorp, to provoke_Him_to_anger.
7 And heset a -carved_image, the idol which he had_made, in the_house_of x=God, of which =God had_said to David and to Solomon his son, “In xthis xhouse, and in Jerusalem, which I shave_chosen before all the tribes_of Tsraél, will_I_put My «name for ever:
8 Neither will I any_more remove -the_foot_of Israél from out_of the land which I have appointed for your fa- thers; ‘so that they will_take_heed to do -all that I have commanded them, aceording_to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the_ hand_of Moses.”
* So Manasseh made ~Judah and the_ inhabitants_of Jerusalem to_err, and to do worse than the » =heathen, whom Jthe Lorp had_destroyed before the_ schildren_of Israél.
10 And / the Lorp spake to Manasseh; and to his people: but they would not hearken.
1 Wherefore / the Lorp brought upon
~|them +the_captains_ofthe host_of the_
king_of Assyria, which took -Manasseh wamong the thorns, and bound him aca xfetters, and carried him to Baby- ion.
2 And when he was in affliction, he besought .(/the Lorp his =God, and humbled_himself greatly before the_ =God_of his fathers,
18 And 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 / the Lorp Se was x=God.
14 Now after this he built a wall with- out the_city_of David, on the_west_ side_of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering_in at the fish gate, and com-
passed_about xOphel, and raised_it_up |
a_very_great_height, and put captains_ of war in all the fenced xcities_of Judah.
15 And he took_away the strange “gods, and «the idol out_of the_house_ of J the Lorn, and all the altars that he had_built in the_mount_of the_house_ of Jthe Lorp, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out_of the city.
16 And he repaired -the_altar_of / the Lorp, and sacrificed thereon peace seofferings and thank_ offerings, and commanded Judah to serve 4 -the LorD =God_of Israél.
1 Nevertheless the -people +did_sacri- fice still in the high_places, yet unto ‘the Lorp their =God only.
18 Now the_rest_of the_acts_of Manas- seh, and his prayer unto his =God, and the_words_of the seers x-that spake to him in the_name_of 4 the Lorp =God_ of Israél, behold, they are written in the_book_of the_kings_of Israél.
19 His prayer also, and how God -was_ intreated of him. and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he