1 Twelve years old was Manasses when he began to reign, & he reigned fifty five years in Jerusalem.
1 Manasses ¹was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 And he did evil before our Lord, according to all the abominations of the nations, which our Lord overthrew before the children of Israel:
2 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all the abominations of the nations, which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel:
3 and being turned, he re-edified the excelses which Ezechias his father had destroyed: and he built altars to Baalim, and made groves, and he adored all the host of heaven, & worshipped it.
3 And he turned, and built again the high places which Ezechias his father had destroyed: and he built altars to Baalim, and made groves, and he adored all the host of heaven, and worshipped them.
4 He built also altars in the house of our Lord, whereof our Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
4 He built also altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said: ²In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
5 And he built them to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of our Lord:
5 And he built them for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 And he made his sons to pass through fire, to the Valebenennom: he observed dreams, followed soothsayings, gave himself to magic arts, he had with him magicians, and enchanters: and he wrought many evils before our Lord, to provoke him.
6 And he made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of Benennom: he observed dreams, followed divinations, gave himself up to magic arts, had with him magicians, and enchanters: and he wrought many evils before the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
7 Also a graven and a molten sign he put in the house of God, whereof our Lord spake to David, and to Salomon his son, saying: In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever,
7 ³He set also a graven, and a molten statue 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 out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever.
8 And I will not make the foot of Israel to move out of the land, which I have delivered to their fathers: yet so if they shall observe to do that I have commanded them, and all the law, and the ceremonies, and judgements by the hand of Moyses.
8 And I will not make the foot of Israel to be removed out of the land which I have delivered to their fathers: yet so if they will take heed to do what I have commanded them, and all the law, and the ceremonies, and judgments by the hand of Moses.
9 Manasses therefore seduced Juda, & the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that they did evil above all the nations, which our Lord had overthrown before the face of the children of Israel.
9 So Manasses seduced Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the nations, which the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.
10 And our Lord spake to him, and to his people, and they would not attend.
10 And the Lord spoke to him and to his people, and they would not hearken.
11 Therefore he brought upon them the Princes of the host of the king of the Assyrians: and they took Manasses, and led him bound with chains, and fetters into Babylon.
11 Therefore he brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of the Assyrians: and they took Manasses, and carried him bound with chains and fetters to Babylon.
12 Who after that he was in distress, prayed our Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.
12 And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.
13 And he desired him, and besought him earnestly: and he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his Kingdom, and Manasses knew that our Lord he was God.
13 And he entreated him, and besought him earnestly: and he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom, and Manasses knew that the Lord was God.
14 After these things he built a wall without the city of David, on the west of Gihon in the valley, from the entrance of the fish gate round about unto Ophel, and raised it exceedingly: and he appointed Princes of the host in all the fenced cities of Juda:
14 After this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, from the entering in of the fish gate round about to Ophel, and raised it up to a great height: and he appointed captains of the army in all the fenced cities of Juda:
15 and he took away strange gods, and the idol out of the house of our Lord: the altars also which he had made in the mount of the house of our Lord, and in Jerusalem, and he threw all without the city.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord: the altars also which he had made in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and he cast them all out of the city.
16 Moreover he re-edified the altar of our Lord, and immolated upon it victims, and pacifics, and praise: and he commanded Juda to serve our Lord the God of Israel.
16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed upon it victims, and peace offerings, and praise: and he commanded Juda to serve the Lord the God of Israel.
17 Nevertheless as yet the people immolated in the excelses to our Lord their God.
17 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places to the Lord their God.
18 But the rest of the acts of Manasses: and his obsecration to his God: the words also of the Seers, that spake to him in the name of our Lord the God of Israel, are contained in the words of the kings of Israel.
18 But the rest of the acts of Manasses, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, are contained in the words of the kings of Israel.
19 His prayer also, and his obtaining, and all his sins, and contempt, the places also wherein he built excelses, and made groves, and statues before he did penance, are written in the words of Hozai.
19 His prayer also, and his being heard and all his sins, and contempt, and places wherein he built high places, and set up groves, and statues before he did penance, are written in the words of Hozai.
20 Manasses therefore slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house: and his son Amon reigned for him.
20 And Manasses slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house: and his son Amon reigned in his stead.
21 Amon was two & twenty years old when he began to reign, & he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22 And he did evil in the sight of our Lord, as Manasses his father had done: & he immolated to all the idols, which Manasses his father had made, and served them.
22 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father had done: and he sacrificed to all the idols which Manasses his father had made, and served them.
23 And he did not reverence the face of our Lord, as Manasses his father did reverence it, and he committed far greater sins.
23 And he did not humble himself before the lord, as Manasses his father had humbled himself, but committed far greater sin.
24 And when his servants had conspired against him, they slew him in his own house.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25 Moreover the rest of the multitude of the people, having slain them that struck Amon, made Josias his son king for him.
25 But the rest of the multitude of the people slew them that had killed Amon, and made Josias his son king in his stead.