2 Chronicles 33 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

King Manasseh of Judah(2 Kings 21.1-9,17,18)

1Manasseh was 12 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 55 years from Jerusalem.

2 that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He built altars for the god Baal and set up sacred poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah. And he continued to worship the stars.

4In the temple, where only the Lord was supposed to be worshiped, Manasseh built altars for the worship of pagan gods

5and the stars. He placed these altars in both courtyards of the temple

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15Manasseh also removed the idols and the stone image of the foreign god from the temple, and he gathered the altars he had built near the temple and in other parts of Jerusalem. He threw all these things outside the city.

16Then he repaired the Lord's altar and offered sacrifices to thank him and sacrifices to ask his blessing. He gave orders that everyone in Judah must worship the Lord God of Israel.

17The people obeyed Manasseh, but they worshiped the Lord at their own shrines.

18Everything else Manasseh did while he was king, including his prayer to the Lord God and the warnings from his prophets, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.

19Hozai wrote a lot about Manasseh, including his prayer and God's answer. But Hozai also recorded the evil things Manasseh did before turning back to God, as well as a list of places where Manasseh set up idols, and where he built local shrines and places to worship Asherah.

20Manasseh died and was buried near the palace, and his son Amon became king.

King Amon of Judah(2 Kings 21.19-26)

21Amon was 22 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 2 years.

22Amon disobeyed the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done, and he worshiped and offered sacrifices to the idols his father had made.

23Manasseh had turned back to the Lord, but Amon refused to do that. Instead, he sinned even more than his father.

24Some of Amon's officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace.

25But the people of Judah killed the murderers of Amon and made his son Josiah king.