1 duodecim annorum erat Manasses cum regnare coepisset
et quinquaginta quinque annis regnavit in Hierusalem
2 fecit autem malum coram Domino iuxta abominationes gentium
quas subvertit Dominus coram filiis Israhel
3 et conversus instauravit excelsa
quae demolitus fuerat Ezechias pater eius
construxitque aras Baalim et fecit lucos
et adoravit omnem militiam caeli et coluit eam
4 aedificavit quoque altaria in domo Domini
de qua dixerat Dominus in Hierusalem erit nomen meum in aeternum
5 aedificavit autem ea cuncto exercitui caeli
in duobus atriis domus Domini
6 transireque fecit filios suos per ignem in valle
Benennon
observabat somnia sectabatur auguria
maleficis artibus inserviebat
habebat secum magos et incantatores
multaque mala operatus est coram Domino ut inritaret eum
7 sculptile quoque et conflatile signum posuit in domo Domini
de qua locutus est Dominus ad David
et ad Salomonem filium eius dicens
in domo hac et in Hierusalem quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israhel
ponam nomen meum in sempiternum
8 et movere non faciam pedem Israhel
de terra quam tradidi patribus eorum
ita dumtaxat si custodierint facere quae praecepi eis
cunctamque legem et caerimonias atque iudicia per manum Mosi
9 igitur Manasses seduxit Iudam et habitatores Hierusalem
ut facerent malum super omnes gentes
quas subverterat Dominus a facie filiorum Israhel
10 locutusque est Dominus ad eum et ad populum illius
et adtendere noluerunt
11 idcirco superinduxit eis principes exercitus regis Assyriorum
ceperuntque Manassen
et vinctum catenis atque conpedibus duxerunt Babylonem
12 qui postquam coangustatus est
oravit Dominum Deum suum
et egit paenitentiam valde coram Deo patrum suorum
13 deprecatusque est eum et obsecravit intente
et exaudivit orationem eius
reduxitque eum Hierusalem in regnum suum
et cognovit Manasses quod Dominus ipse esset Deus
14 post haec aedificavit murum extra civitatem David
ad occidentem Gion in convalle
ab introitu portae Piscium per circuitum usque ad Ophel
et exaltavit illum vehementer
constituitque principes exercitus in cunctis civitatibus Iuda munitis
15 et abstulit deos alienos et simulacrum de domo Domini
aras quoque quas fecerat in monte domus Domini et in Hierusalem
et proiecit omnia extra urbem
16 porro instauravit altare Domini
et immolavit super illud victimas et pacifica et laudem
praecepitque Iudae ut serviret Domino Deo Israhel
17 attamen adhuc populus immolabat in excelsis Domino Deo suo
18 reliqua autem gestorum Manasse
et obsecratio eius ad Deum suum
verba quoque videntium
qui loquebantur ad eum in nomine Domini Dei Israhel
continentur in sermonibus regum Israhel
19 oratio quoque eius et exauditio
et cuncta peccata atque contemptus
loca etiam in quibus aedificavit excelsa et fecit lucos et statuas
antequam ageret paenitentiam
scripta sunt in sermonibus Ozai
20 dormivit ergo Manasses cum patribus suis
et sepelierunt eum in domo sua
regnavitque pro eo filius eius Amon
21 viginti duo annorum erat Amon cum
regnare coepisset
et duobus annis regnavit in Hierusalem
22 fecitque malum in conspectu Domini sicut fecerat Manasses pater eius
et cunctis idolis quae Manasses fuerat fabricatus
immolavit atque servivit
23 et non est reveritus faciem Domini
sicut reveritus est Manasses pater eius
et multo maiora deliquit
24 cumque coniurassent adversus eum servi sui
interfecerunt eum in domo sua
25 porro reliqua populi multitudo
caesis his qui Amon percusserant
constituit regem Iosiam filium eius pro eo
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
3 ¶ For 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. 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And 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 the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which 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 Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of 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. 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11 ¶ Wherefore the 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. 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 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 LORD he was God. 14 Now 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 Judah. 15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. 17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
18 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. 19 His prayer also, and how 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.
20 ¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21 ¶ Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. 24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25 ¶ But 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.