2Chronicles:33:1-20
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign ,
and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem :
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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 .
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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 .
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Also he built altars in the house of the LORD ,
whereof the LORD had said ,
In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever .
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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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And the LORD spake to Manasseh ,
and to his people :
but they would not hearken .
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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 .
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And when he was in affliction ,
he besought the LORD his God ,
and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places ,
yet unto the LORD their God only .
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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 .
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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 .
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So Manasseh slept with his fathers ,
and they buried him in his own house :
and Amon his son reigned in his stead .