Manasseh Reigns in Judah
1 Manasseh awas twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the aabominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he rebuilt the1 high places which Hezekiah his father had abroken down; he raised up altars for the Baals, and bmade wooden images; and he worshiped call the host of heaven and served them.
4 He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, a“In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.”
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven ain the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 aAlso he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced bsoothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and cconsulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.
7 aHe even set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the1 house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, b“In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for 2 Chronicles 33:3.
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