2 Kings 21 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah

21 ^(A)Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. ²^(B)He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(C)in accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the Lord ^[a]dispossessed before the sons of Israel. ³For ^(D)he rebuilt the high places which his father Hezekiah had destroyed; and ^(E)he erected altars for Baal and made an ^[b]Asherah, just as Ahab king of Israel had done, and he ^(F)worshiped all the heavenly ^[c]lights and served them. ⁴And ^(G)he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “^(H)In Jerusalem I will put My name.” ⁵He built altars for ^(I)all the heavenly ^[d]lights in ^(J)the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. ⁶And ^(K)he made his son pass through the fire, ^(L)interpreted signs, practiced divination, and used mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. ⁷Then ^(M)he put the carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “^(N)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. ⁸And I ^(O)will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will take care to act in accordance with everything that I have commanded them, and with all the Law that My servant Moses commanded them.” ⁹But they did not listen, and Manasseh ^(P)encouraged them to do evil, more than the nations whom the Lord eliminated from the presence of the sons of Israel.

The King’s Idolatries Rebuked

¹⁰Now the Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, ¹¹“^(Q)Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations, ^(R)having done more evil than all that the Amorites did who were before him, and ^(S)has also misled Judah into sin ^(T)with his idols, ¹²therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears about it, ^(U)both of his ears will ring. ¹³^(V)I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a bowl, wiping it and turning it upside down. ¹⁴And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and hand them over to their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoils to all their enemies, ¹⁵because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.’”

¹⁶^(W)Furthermore, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem ^[e]from one end to another, besides his sin ^(X)into which he misled Judah, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord. ¹⁷^(Y)Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did, and his sin which he ^[f]committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ¹⁸^(Z)And Manasseh ^[g]lay down with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, ^(AA)in the garden of Uzza, and his son Amon became king in his place.

Amon Succeeds Manasseh

¹⁹^(AB)Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. ²⁰He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(AC)just as his father Manasseh had done. ²¹For he walked ^[h]entirely in the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them. ²²So ^(AD)he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord. ²³And ^(AE)the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. ²⁴Then ^(AF)the people of the land ^[i]killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. ²⁵Now 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? ²⁶He was buried in his grave ^(AG)in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

Footnotes

2 Kings 21:2 Or drove out
2 Kings 21:3 I.e., a wooden symbol of a female deity
2 Kings 21:3 Lit host
2 Kings 21:5 Lit host
2 Kings 21:16 Lit mouth to mouth
2 Kings 21:17 Lit sinned
2 Kings 21:18 I.e., died
2 Kings 21:21 Lit in all the way that
2 Kings 21:24 Lit struck

Cross references

2 Kings 21 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

21 A son of twelve years [is] Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hephzi-Bah; 2 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of ...
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2 Kings 21 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

21 Manasseh was of twelve years, when he began to reign, and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem; the name of his mother was Hephzibah. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, after the evils of heathen men, the which men the Lord did away from the face of the sons of Israel. 3 And he w...
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2 Kings 21 - World English Bible (WEB)

21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he built again the...
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2 Kings 21 - The Voice (VOICE)

21 Manasseh was 12 years old when he inherited the throne. His reign in Jerusalem lasted 55 years. His mother was Hephzibah. 2 He committed evil in the Eternal’s eyes, like the abhorrent practices of those nations driven out by the Eternal before the Israelites settled in Canaan. 3 Manasseh recons...
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2 Kings 21 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

Wicked Kings Manasseh and Amon21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzi-bah. 2 But he did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, following the abominations of the nations that Adonai had dispossessed before Bnei-Yisrael. 3 For...
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2 Kings 21 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Manasseh Reigns over Judah21 Manas′seh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Heph′zibah. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out befor...
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2 Kings 21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

2 Kings 21 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Manasseh Reigns over Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people ...
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2 Kings 21 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

Manasseh Reigns over Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the peo...
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2 Kings 21 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

2 Kings 21 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Manasseh Reigns over Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.(A)2 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people...
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2 Kings 21 - New Living Translation (NLT)

Manasseh Rules in Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother was Hephzibah. 2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, following the detestable practices of the pagan nations that the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the...
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2 Kings 21 - New Life Version (NLV)

Manasseh Rules Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. And he ruled fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 Manasseh did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord. He did the sinful things that were done by the nations whom the Lord drove out from the peop...
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2 Kings 21 - New King James Version (NKJV)

Manasseh Reigns in Judah(A)21 Manasseh (B)was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, (C)according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the childr...
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2 Kings 21 - New International Version - UK (NIVUK)

Manasseh king of Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 3 H...
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2 Kings 21 - New International Version (NIV)

Manasseh King of Judah(A)(B)21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.(C) 2 He did evil(D) in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices(E) of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israel...
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2 Kings 21 - New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

Manasseh King of Judah21 Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 55 years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 Manasseh did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He followed the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven those nations ou...
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2 Kings 21 - New English Translation (NET)

Manasseh’s Reign over Judah21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother[a] was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil in the sight of[b] the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations[c] whom the Lord drove out before t...
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