II Kings 21

ben-shetem esreh shanah menasheh vemolkho vakhamishim vekhamesh shanah malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo kheftsi-vah

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Hephzibah.

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 ibbad khizqiyyahu aviv vayyaqem mizbekhot labba'al vayya'as asherah ka'asher asah akhav melekh yisra'el vayyishtakhu lekhol-tseva hashamayim vayya'avod otam

He rebuilt the shrines that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he erected altars for Baal and made a sacred post, as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshiped them,

uvanah mizbekhot bevet Adonai asher amar Adonai birushalai͏m asim et-shemi

and he built altars for them in the House of GOD, of which GOD had said, “I will establish My name in Jerusalem.”

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.

vehe'evir et-beno ba'esh ve'onen venikhesh ve'asah ov veyidde'onim hirbah la'asot hara be'ene Adonai lehakhis

He consigned his son to the fire; he practiced soothsaying and divination, and consulted ghosts and familiar spirits; he did much that was displeasing to GOD—and provoked anger.

vayyasem et-pesel ha'asherah asher asah babbayit asher amar Adonai el-david ve'el-shelomoh veno babbayit hazzeh uvirushalai͏m asher bakharti mikkol shivte yisra'el asim et-shemi le'olam

The sculptured image of Asherah that he made he placed in the House concerning 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 lehanid regel yisra'el min-ha'adamah asher natatti la'avotam raq im-yishmeru la'asot kekhol asher tsivvitim ulekhol-hattorah asher-tsivvah otam avdi mosheh

And I will not again cause the feet of Israel to wander from the land that I gave to their ancestors, if they will but faithfully observe all that I have commanded them—all the Teachings with which My servant Moses charged them.”

velo shame'u vayyatem menasheh la'asot et-hara min-haggoyim asher hishmid Adonai mippene bene yisra'el

But they did not obey, and Manasseh led them astray to do greater evil than the nations that GOD had destroyed before the Israelites.

vayedabber Adonai beyad-avadayw hannevi'im lemor

Therefore GOD spoke through the prophets—God’s servants:

ya'an asher asah menasheh melekh-yehudah hatto'evot ha'elleh hera mikkol asher-asu ha'emori asher lefanayw vayyakhati gam-et-yehudah begillulayw

“Because King Manasseh of Judah has done these abhorrent things—he has outdone in wickedness all that the Amorites did before his time—and because he led Judah to sin with his fetishes,

lakhen koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el hinni mevi ra'ah al-yerushalai͏m vihudah asher kol-[shome'ah] (shmyv) titsalnah shete oznayw

assuredly, thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I am going to bring such a disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that both ears of everyone who hears about it will tingle.

venatiti al-yerushalai͏m et qav shomeron ve'et-mishqolet bet akhav umakhiti et-yerushalai͏m ka'asher-yimkheh et-hatsallakhat makhah vehafakh al-paneha

I will apply to Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the weights of the House of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down.

venatashti et she'erit nakhalati unetattim beyad oyevehem vehayu levaz velimshissah lekhol-oyevehem

And I will cast off the remnant of My own people and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They shall be plunder and prey to all their enemies

ya'an asher asu et-hara be'enay vayyihyu makhisim oti min-hayyom asher yatse'u avotam mimmitsrayim ve'ad hayyom hazzeh

because they have done what is displeasing to Me and have been provoking My anger from the day that their ancestors came out of Egypt to this day.”

vegam dam naqi shafakh menasheh harbeh me'od ad asher-mille et-yerushalai͏m peh lafeh levad mekhattato asher hekheti et-yehudah la'asot hara be'ene Adonai

Moreover, Manasseh put so many innocent persons to death that he filled Jerusalem [with blood] from end to end—besides the sin he committed in causing Judah to do what was displeasing to GOD.

veyeter divre menasheh vekhol-asher asah vekhattato asher khata halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah

The other events of Manasseh’s reign, and all his actions, and the sins he committed, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

vayyishkav menasheh im-avotayw vayyiqqaver began-beto began-uzza vayyimlokh amon beno takhtayw

Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his palace, in the garden of Uzza; and his son Amon succeeded him as king.

ben-esrim ushetayim shanah amon bemolkho ushetayim shanim malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo meshullemet bat-kharuts min-yotvah

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai ka'asher asah menasheh aviv

He did what was displeasing to GOD, as his father Manasseh had done.

vayyelekh bekhol-hadderekh asher-halakh aviv vayya'avod et-haggillulim asher avad aviv vayyishtakhu lahem

He walked in all the ways of his father, worshiping the fetishes that his father had worshiped and bowing down to them.

vayya'azov et-Adonai elohe avotayw velo halakh bederekh Adonai

He forsook the ETERNAL, the God of his ancestors, and did not follow the way of GOD.

vayyiqsheru avde-amon alayw vayyamitu et-hammelekh beveto

Amon’s courtiers conspired against him; and they killed the king in his palace.

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

But the people of the land put to death all who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his stead.

veyeter divre amon asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah

The other events of Amon’s reign [and] his actions are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

vayyiqbor oto biqvurato began-uzza vayyimlokh yoshiyyahu veno takhtayw

He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza; and his son Josiah succeeded him as king.