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2 Kings 21

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2 Kings 21 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

ASV: 1ASV

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.

WEB: 2WEB

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

ASV: 2ASV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

WEB: 3WEB

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.

ASV: 3ASV

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

WEB: 4WEB

He built altars in the LORD’s house, of which the LORD said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”

ASV: 4ASV

And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

WEB: 5WEB

He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of the LORD’s house.

ASV: 5ASV

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

WEB: 6WEB

He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

ASV: 6ASV

And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

WEB: 7WEB

He set the engraved image of Asherah 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 the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever;

ASV: 7ASV

And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;

WEB: 8WEB

I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only 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.”

ASV: 8ASV

neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only 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.

WEB: 9WEB

But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

ASV: 9ASV

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.

WEB: 10WEB

The LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

ASV: 10ASV

And Jehovah spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

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“Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;

ASV: 11ASV

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;

WEB: 12WEB

therefore the LORD the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

ASV: 12ASV

therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

WEB: 13WEB

I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

ASV: 13ASV

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.

WEB: 14WEB

I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,

ASV: 14ASV

And I will cast off 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;

WEB: 15WEB

because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

ASV: 15ASV

because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.

WEB: 16WEB

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; in addition to his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.

ASV: 16ASV

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

WEB: 17WEB

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

ASV: 17ASV

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?

WEB: 18WEB

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 place.

ASV: 18ASV

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.

WEB: 19WEB

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

ASV: 19ASV

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.

WEB: 20WEB

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.

ASV: 20ASV

And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.

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He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

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And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

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and he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of the LORD.

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and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

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The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

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And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

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But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

ASV: 24ASV

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.

WEB: 25WEB

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

ASV: 25ASV

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?

WEB: 26WEB

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

ASV: 26ASV

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.