2 Chronicles 33:1-9
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33aManasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 2aAnd he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel. 3Indeed, ahe rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had torn down; and bhe erected altars for the Baals and made 1Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. 4aAnd he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “bIn Jerusalem My name shall be forever.” 5Indeed, he built altars for all the host of heaven in athe two courts of the house of Yahweh. 6aHe even made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced soothsaying, interpreted omens, practiced sorcery, and bdealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger. 7Then he put athe graven image of the 1idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “bIn this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. 8“And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land awhich I have set up for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the judgments given by the hand of Moses.” 9Thus Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray in order to do more evil than the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the sons of Israel.