II Chronicles 33

ben-shetem esreh shanah menasheh vemolkho vakhamishim vekhamesh shanah malakh birushalai͏m

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai keto'avot haggoyim asher horish Adonai mippene bene yisra'el

He did what was displeasing to GOD, following the abhorrent practices of the nations that GOD had dispossessed before the Israelites.

vayyashov vayyiven et-habbamot asher nittats yekhizqiyyahu aviv vayyaqem mizbekhot labbe'alim vayya'as asherot vayyishtakhu lekhol-tseva hashamayim vayya'avod otam

He rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had demolished; he erected altars for the Baals and made sacred posts. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshiped them,

uvanah mizbekhot bevet Adonai asher amar Adonai birushalai͏m yihyeh-shemi le'olam

and he built altars [to them] in the House of GOD, of which GOD had said, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”

vayyiven mizbekhot lekhol-tseva hashamayim bishte khatsrot bet-Adonai

He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the House of GOD.

vehu he'evir et-banayw ba'esh bege ven-hinnom ve'onen venikhesh vekhishef ve'asah ov veyidde'oni hirbah la'asot hara be'ene Adonai lehakhiso

He consigned his sons to the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, and he practiced soothsaying, divination, and sorcery, and consulted ghosts and familiar spirits; he did much that was displeasing to GOD in order to provoke anger.

vayyasem et-pesel hassemel asher asah bevet ha'elohim asher amar elohim el-david ve'el-shelomoh veno babbayit hazzeh uvirushalai͏m asher bakharti mikkol shivte yisra'el asim et-shemi le'elom

He placed a sculptured image that he made in the House of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this House and in Jerusalem, which I chose out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My name forever.

velo osif lehasir et-regel yisra'el me'al ha'adamah asher he'emadti la'avotekhem raq im-yishmeru la'asot et kol-asher tsivvitim lekhol-hattorah vehakhuqqim vehammishpatim beyad-mosheh

And I will never again remove the feet of Israel from the land that I assigned to their ancestors, if only they observe faithfully all that I have commanded them—all the teaching and the laws and the rules given by Moses.”

vayyeta menasheh et-yehudah veyosheve yerushalai͏m la'asot ra min-haggoyim asher hishmid Adonai mippene bene yisra'el

Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray into evil greater than that done by the nations that GOD had destroyed before the Israelites.

vayedabber Adonai el-menasheh ve'el-ammo velo hiqshivu

GOD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not pay heed,

vayyave Adonai alehem et-sare hatsava asher lemelekh ashur vayyilkedu et-menasheh bakhokhim vayya'asruhu bankhushtayim vayyolikhuhu bavelah

so GOD brought against them the officers of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh captive in manacles, bound him in fetters, and led him off to Babylon.

ukhehatser lo khillah et-pene Adonai elohayw vayyikkana me'od millifne elohe avotayw

In his distress, he entreated the ETERNAL his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

vayyitpallel elayw vayye'ater lo vayyishma tekhinnato vayeshivehu yerushalai͏m lemalkhuto vayyeda menasheh ki Adonai hu ha'elohim

He prayed to [God], who granted his prayer, heard his plea, and returned him to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the ETERNAL alone was God.

ve'akhare-khen banah khomah khitsonah le'ir-david maravah legikhon bannakhal velavo vesha'ar haddagim vesavav la'ofel vayyagbiheha me'od vayyasem sare-khayil bekhol-he'arim habbetsurot bihudah

Afterward he built the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the wadi on the way to the Fish Gate, and it encircled Ophel; he raised it very high. He also placed army officers in all the fortified towns of Judah.

vayyasar et-elohe hannekhar ve'et-hassemel mibbet Adonai vekhol-hammizbekhot asher banah behar bet-Adonai uvirushalai͏m vayyashlekh khutsah la'ir

He removed the foreign gods and the image from the House of GOD, as well as all the altars that he had built on the Mount of the House of GOD and in Jerusalem, and dumped them outside the city.

(vykhn) [vayyiven] et-mizbakh Adonai vayyizbakh alayw zivkhe shelamim vetodah vayyomer lihudah la'avod et-Adonai elohe yisra'el

He rebuilt the altar of GOD and offered on it sacrifices of well-being and thanksgiving, and commanded the people of Judah to worship the ETERNAL God of Israel.

aval od ha'am zovekhim babbamot raq la-Adonai elohehem

To be sure, the people continued sacrificing at the shrines, but only to the ETERNAL their God.

veyeter divre menasheh utefillato el-elohayw vedivre hakhozim hamedabberim elayw beshem Adonai elohe yisra'el hinnam al-divre malkhe yisra'el

The other events of Manasseh’s reign, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the ETERNAL God of Israel are found in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

utefillato vehe'ater-lo vekhol-khattato umalo vehammeqomot asher banah vahem bamot vehe'emid ha'asherim vehappesilim lifne hikkane'o hinnam ketuvim al divre khozay

His prayer and how it was granted to him, the whole account of his sin and trespass, and the places in which he built shrines and installed sacred posts and images before he humbled himself are recorded in the words of Hozai.

vayyishkav menasheh im-avotayw vayyiqberuhu beto vayyimlokh amon beno takhtayw

Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried on his palace grounds; his son Amon succeeded him as king.

ben-esrim ushetayim shanah amon bemolkho ushetayim shanim malakh birushalai͏m

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai ka'asher asah menasheh aviv ulekhol-happesilim asher asah menasheh aviv zibbakh amon vayya'avdem

He did what was displeasing to GOD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made and worshiped them.

velo nikhna millifne Adonai kehikkana menasheh aviv ki hu amon hirbah ashmah

He did not humble himself before GOD, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon incurred much guilt.

vayyiqsheru alayw avadayw vayemituhu beveto

His courtiers conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

vayyakku am-ha'arets et kol-haqqosherim al-hammelekh amon vayyamlikhu am-ha'arets et-yoshiyyahu veno takhtayw

But the people of the land struck down all who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his stead.