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2 Kings chapter 21

was twelve years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for fifty-five years. His mother’s name was .He did what was in Yahweh’s eyes, following the of the nations that Yahweh had ahead of the Israelites.He rebuilt the that his father had torn down. He set up altars to and made a , just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the and served them.He built altars inside Yahweh’s — the very place where Yahweh had said, “I will in Jerusalem.”He built altars to all the stars in the sky in of Yahweh’s temple.He . He practiced and , and he consulted and . He did massive amounts of evil in Yahweh’s eyes, .He took the he had made and set it up inside the temple — the place where Yahweh had told and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I chose out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.I will never again make Israel’s feet from the land I gave their ancestors — if only they are careful to do everything I commanded them, following the entire set of that my servant gave them.”But they didn’t listen. And Manasseh led them so far astray that they did even more evil than the nations Yahweh had ahead of them.Yahweh spoke through his servants the , saying:“Because King Manasseh of Judah has done these disgusting things — acting even worse than the who came before him — and has also led Judah to with his ,this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears about it will ring.I will stretch over Jerusalem the same used on Samaria and the same used on the house of Ahab. I will Jerusalem clean the way someone wipes a dish — wiping it and turning it upside down.I will what remains of my own people and hand them over to their enemies. They will become for all their enemies,because they have done what is evil in my eyes and have been provoking me to anger right up to today.”On top of all that, Manasseh also shed so much that he filled Jerusalem from one end to the other — in addition to the he caused Judah to commit by doing what was evil in Yahweh’s eyes.The rest of what Manasseh did — everything he accomplished and the failures he committed — isn’t it all written in the of the kings of Judah?Manasseh and was buried in the garden of his own palace, the . His son became king after him.Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. His mother’s name was daughter of Haruz, from .He did what was evil in Yahweh’s eyes, just as his father Manasseh had done.He in every way his father had walked. He served the his father had served and bowed down to them.He Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in Yahweh’s .Amon’s own against him and the king in his own palace.But the struck down everyone who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son king in his place.The rest of what Amon did — isn’t it all written in the official records of the kings of Judah?He was buried in his in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king after him.