2 Chronicles 33
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem.2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.6 He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.7 And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:8 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by Moses.9 And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.10 And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.15 And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.16 And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.17 Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Jehovah their God.18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.21 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.22 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.23 And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.24 And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
2. Krønikebok 33
Juda-kongene Manasse og Amon
1 t Manasse var tolv år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i femtifem år. 2 t Manasse gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, og tok etter alle avskyelige skikker hos de folkeslagene Herren hadde drevet bort for israelittene. 3 tt Han bygde opp igjen de offerhaugene som hans far Hiskia hadde revet ned. Han reiste altere for Baal-gudene og laget Asjera-stolper, og han tilba og dyrket hele himmelens hær. 4 t Selv i Herrens hus bygde han slike altere, enda Herren hadde sagt: «I Jerusalem skal mitt navn være til evig tid.» 5 I begge forgårdene til tempelet bygde han altere for hele himmelens hær.
6 tt Manasse lot sønnene sine gå gjennom ilden i Hinnom-dalen. Han drev med tegntyding, spådomskunster og trolldom, og han rådførte seg med åndemanere og spåmenn. Manasse gjorde mye som var ondt i Herrens øyne, og gjorde ham rasende.
7 t Gudebildet som Manasse fikk laget, plasserte han i Guds hus, enda Gud hadde sagt til David og hans sønn Salomo: «I dette tempelet og i Jerusalem, som jeg har utvalgt blant alle Israels stammer, vil jeg la navnet mitt bo til evig tid. 8 Jeg vil aldri mer la Israel vandre langt bort fra det landet jeg bestemte at deres fedre skulle ha, så sant de legger vinn på å gjøre alt det jeg har befalt dem, og lever etter hele loven og de forskrifter og bud de har fått gjennom Moses.»
9 Men Manasse forledet dem som bodde i Juda og Jerusalem, til å gjøre enda mer ondt enn de folkeslagene som Herren hadde utryddet for israelittene.
10 t Da talte Herren til Manasse og hans folk, men de ville ikke høre etter. 11 Derfor lot Herren assyrerkongens hærførere komme mot dem. De fanget Manasse med kroker, bandt ham med bronselenker og førte ham til Babel. 12 Men da han var i nød, ba han om velvilje for Herren sin Guds ansikt. Han ydmyket seg dypt for sine fedres Gud.
13 Han ba til ham og ble bønnhørt. Gud hørte hans rop om nåde og førte ham tilbake til Jerusalem og hans kongerike. Da forsto Manasse at det er Herren som er Gud.
14 t Etter dette bygde han en ytre mur om Davidsbyen, vest for Gihon, i dalen, fram til Fiskeporten og rundt Ofel, og han gjorde den svært høy. Så plasserte han befalingsmenn i alle de befestede byene i Juda. 15 Han fjernet de fremmede gudene og gudebildet fra Herrens hus. Det samme gjorde han med alle de altrene han hadde bygd på Herrens tempelberg og i Jerusalem. Han kastet dem utenfor byen. 16 Så satte han i stand Herrens alter, og der bar han fram fredsoffer og takkoffer. Og han sa til judeerne at de skulle tjene Herren, Israels Gud.
17 Likevel fortsatte folket å ofre på haugene, men bare til Herren sin Gud.
18 Det som ellers er å fortelle om Manasse og hans bønn til sin Gud og om de ordene seerne talte til ham i navnet til Herren, Israels Gud, det er fortalt i Israels-kongenes krønike. 19 Om bønnen hans og hvordan han ble bønnhørt, om hans synd og troløshet, og om de stedene der han bygde offerhauger og reiste Asjera-stolper og gudebilder før han ydmyket seg, alt dette står skrevet i hans seeres krønike.
20 Manasse gikk til hvile hos fedrene sine. Han ble gravlagt på slottsområdet, og hans sønn Amon ble konge etter ham.
21 t Amon var tjueto år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i Jerusalem i to år. 22 Amon gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, slik hans far Manasse hadde gjort. Amon ofret til alle de gudebildene som hans far Manasse hadde laget, og han dyrket dem. 23 Men han ydmyket seg ikke for Herren slik hans far Manasse hadde gjort. Denne Amon pådro seg enda mer skyld. 24 t Mennene hans fikk i stand en sammensvergelse mot ham, og de drepte ham i hans eget hus. 25 t Men folket i landet slo i hjel alle dem som hadde sammensverget seg mot kong Amon, og så tok de hans sønn Josjia til konge etter ham.