1 duodecim annorum erat Manasses cum regnare coepisset
et quinquaginta quinque annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Aphsiba
2 fecitque malum in conspectu Domini
iuxta idola gentium quas delevit Dominus a facie filiorum Israhel
3 conversusque est et aedificavit excelsa
quae dissipaverat Ezechias pater eius
et erexit aras Baal et fecit lucos sicut fecerat Ahab rex Israhel
et adoravit omnem militiam caeli et coluit eam
4 extruxitque aras in domo Domini
de qua dixit Dominus in Hierusalem ponam nomen meum
5 et extruxit altaria universae militiae caeli
in duobus atriis templi Domini
6 et transduxit filium suum per ignem
et ariolatus est et observavit auguria
et fecit pythones et aruspices multiplicavit
ut faceret malum coram Domino et inritaret eum
7 posuit quoque idolum luci quem fecerat in templo Domini
super quo locutus est Dominus ad David
et ad Salomonem filium eius
in templo hoc et in Hierusalem quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israhel
ponam nomen meum in sempiternum
8 et ultra non faciam commoveri pedem Israhel
de terra quam dedi patribus eorum
sic tamen si custodierint opere omnia
quae praecepi eis
et universam legem quam mandavit eis servus meus Moses
9 illi vero non audierunt sed seducti sunt a Manasse
ut facerent malum super gentes
quas contrivit Dominus a facie filiorum Israhel
10 locutusque est Dominus in manu servorum suorum prophetarum dicens
11 quia fecit Manasses rex Iuda abominationes istas pessimas
super omnia quae fecerunt Amorrei ante eum
et peccare fecit etiam Iudam in inmunditiis suis
12 propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
ecce ego inducam mala super Hierusalem et Iudam
ut quicumque audierit tinniant ambae aures eius
13 et extendam super Hierusalem funiculum Samariae
et pondus domus Ahab
et delebo Hierusalem sicut deleri solent tabulae
delens vertam et ducam crebrius stilum super faciem eius
14 dimittam vero reliquias hereditatis meae
et tradam eas in manu inimicorum eius
eruntque in vastitate et rapina
cunctis adversariis suis
15 eo quod fecerint malum coram me
et perseveraverint inritantes me
ex die qua egressi sunt patres eorum ex Aegypto
usque ad diem hanc
16 insuper et sanguinem innoxium fudit Manasses multum nimis
donec impleret Hierusalem usque ad os
absque peccatis suis quibus peccare fecit Iudam
ut faceret malum coram Domino
17 reliqua autem sermonum Manasse
et universa quae fecit et peccatum eius quod peccavit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Iuda
18 dormivitque Manasses cum patribus suis
et sepultus est in horto domus suae in horto Aza
et regnavit Amon filius eius pro eo
19 viginti et duo annorum erat Amon cum regnare
coepisset
duobusque annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Mesallemeth filia Arus de Iethba
20 fecitque malum in conspectu Domini
sicut fecerat Manasses pater eius
21 et ambulavit in omni via per quam ambulaverat pater eius
servivitque inmunditiis quibus servierat pater suus
et adoravit eas
22 et dereliquit Dominum Deum patrum suorum
et non ambulavit in via Domini
23 tetenderuntque ei insidias servi sui
et interfecerunt regem in domo sua
24 percussit autem populus terrae omnes
qui coniuraverant contra regem Amon
et constituerunt sibi regem Iosiam filium eius pro eo
25 reliqua autem sermonum Amon quae fecit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Iuda
26 sepelieruntque eum in sepulchro suo in horto Aza
et regnavit Iosias filius eius pro eo
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 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 wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel 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 according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 ¶ And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath 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 the LORD God of Israel, 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 plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it , and turning it 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; 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
17 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
19 ¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
23 ¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. 24 And 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. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.