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2 Kings 21 (WEBP)

[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
[2] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
[3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
[4] He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “I will put my name in Jerusalem.”
[5] He built altars for all the army of the sky in the two courts of Yahweh’s house.
[6] He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
[7] He set the engraved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which Yahweh 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, I will put my name forever;
[8] I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.”
[9] But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
[10] Yahweh spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
[11] “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has also made Judah to sin with his idols;
[12] therefore Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
[13] I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
[14] I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They will become a prey and a plunder to all their enemies,
[15] because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”
[16] Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; in addition to his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
[17] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[18] Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
[19] Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
[20] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as Manasseh his father did.
[21] He walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
[22] and he abandoned Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn’t walk in the way of Yahweh.
[23] The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
[24] But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
[25] Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[26] He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Kings 21 (KJVS)

[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah.
[2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
[3] For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
[4] And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
[6] And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
[7] And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
[8] neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
[9] But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
[10] And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
[11] Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
[12] therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
[13] And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
[14] And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
[15] because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
[16] Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
[17] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[18] And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
[19] Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
[20] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
[21] And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
[22] and he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
[23] And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
[24] And 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.
[25] Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[26] And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21:16 Heb. from mouth to mouth

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Kings 21 (BYZ)

[1] Υἱὸς () δώδεκα () ἐτῶν () Μανασσης () ἐν () τῷ () βασιλεύειν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () πεντήκοντα () καὶ () πέντε () ἔτη () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Οψιβα.
[2] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου () κατὰ () τὰ () βδελύγματα () τῶν () ἐθνῶν, () ὧν () ἐξῆρεν () κύριος () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ, ()
[3] καὶ () ἐπέστρεψεν () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () τὰ () ὑψηλά, () ἃ () κατέσπασεν Εζεκιας () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀνέστησεν () θυσιαστήριον () τῇ () Βααλ () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἄλση, καθὼς () ἐποίησεν () Αχααβ βασιλεὺς () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () πάσῃ () τῇ () δυνάμει () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () ἐδούλευσεν () αὐτοῖς ()
[4] καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () θυσιαστήριον () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου, () ὡς () εἶπεν () Ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () θήσω () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου, ()
[5] καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () θυσιαστήριον () πάσῃ () τῇ () δυνάμει () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () ἐν () ταῖς () δυσὶν () αὐλαῖς () οἴκου () κυρίου ()
[6] καὶ () διῆγεν () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πυρὶ () καὶ () ἐκληδονίζετο καὶ () οἰωνίζετο καὶ () ἐποίησεν () θελητὴν καὶ () γνώστας· () ἐπλήθυνεν () τοῦ () ποιεῖν () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου () παροργίσαι () αὐτόν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἔθηκεν () τὸ () γλυπτὸν τοῦ () ἄλσους ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ, () ᾧ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () πρὸς () Σαλωμων τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () Ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () τούτῳ () καὶ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () ᾗ () ἐξελεξάμην () ἐκ () πασῶν () φυλῶν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () θήσω () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () ἐκεῖ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα ()
[8] καὶ () οὐ () προσθήσω () τοῦ () σαλεῦσαι () τὸν () πόδα () Ισραηλ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς, () ἧς () ἔδωκα () τοῖς () πατράσιν () αὐτῶν, () οἵτινες () φυλάξουσιν () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐνετειλάμην () κατὰ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () ἐντολήν, () ἣν () ἐνετείλατο () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () δοῦλός () μου () Μωϋσῆς. ()
[9] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσαν, () καὶ () ἐπλάνησεν () αὐτοὺς () Μανασσης () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου () ὑπὲρ () τὰ () ἔθνη, () ἃ () ἠφάνισεν () κύριος () ἐκ () προσώπου () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () ἐν () χειρὶ () δούλων () αὐτοῦ () τῶν () προφητῶν () λέγων ()
[11] Ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν () Μανασσης () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ιουδα τὰ () βδελύγματα () ταῦτα () τὰ () πονηρὰ () ἀπὸ () πάντων, () ὧν () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () Αμορραῖος ὁ () ἔμπροσθεν, () καὶ () ἐξήμαρτεν καί () γε () Ιουδα ἐν () τοῖς () εἰδώλοις () αὐτῶν, ()
[12] οὐχ () οὕτως, () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () φέρω () κακὰ () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () Ιουδα, ὥστε () παντὸς () ἀκούοντος () ἠχήσει () ἀμφότερα () τὰ () ὦτα () αὐτοῦ, ()
[13] καὶ () ἐκτενῶ () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () τὸ () μέτρον () Σαμαρείας () καὶ () τὸ () στάθμιον οἴκου () Αχααβ καὶ () ἀπαλείψω τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καθὼς () ἀπαλείφεται ὁ () ἀλάβαστρος () ἀπαλειφόμενος καὶ () καταστρέφεται () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ, ()
[14] καὶ () ἀπώσομαι () τὸ () ὑπόλειμμα τῆς () κληρονομίας () μου () καὶ () παραδώσω () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἐχθρῶν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἔσονται () εἰς () διαρπαγὴν καὶ () εἰς () προνομὴν πᾶσιν () τοῖς () ἐχθροῖς () αὐτῶν, ()
[15] ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ὅσα () ἐποίησαν () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () μου () καὶ () ἦσαν () παροργίζοντές () με () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἡμέρας, () ἧς () ἐξήγαγον () τοὺς () πατέρας () αὐτῶν () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () ἕως () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης. ()
[16] Καί () γε () αἷμα () ἀθῷον () ἐξέχεεν () Μανασσης () πολὺ () σφόδρα, () ἕως () οὗ () ἔπλησεν () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ () στόμα () εἰς () στόμα, () πλὴν () τῶν () ἁμαρτιῶν () αὐτοῦ, () ὧν () ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν () Ιουδαν () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου. ()
[17] Καὶ () τὰ () λοιπὰ () τῶν () λόγων () Μανασση () καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν, () καὶ () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () αὐτοῦ, () ἣν () ἥμαρτεν, () οὐχὶ () ταῦτα () γεγραμμένα () ἐπὶ () βιβλίῳ () λόγων () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () τοῖς () βασιλεῦσιν () Ιουδα;
[18] Καὶ () ἐκοιμήθη () Μανασσης () μετὰ () τῶν () πατέρων () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐτάφη () ἐν () τῷ () κήπῳ () τοῦ () οἴκου () αὐτοῦ, () ἐν () κήπῳ () Οζα, καὶ () ἐβασίλευσεν () Αμων () υἱὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀντ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[19] Υἱὸς () εἴκοσι () καὶ () δύο () ἐτῶν () Αμων () ἐν () τῷ () βασιλεύειν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () δύο () ἔτη () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Μεσολλαμ θυγάτηρ () Αρους ἐξ () Ιετεβα.
[20] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () κυρίου, () καθὼς () ἐποίησεν () Μανασσης () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ, ()
[21] καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ἐν () πάσῃ () ὁδῷ, () ᾗ () ἐπορεύθη () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐλάτρευσεν () τοῖς () εἰδώλοις, () οἷς () ἐλάτρευσεν () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτοῖς ()
[22] καὶ () ἐγκατέλιπεν () τὸν () κύριον () θεὸν () τῶν () πατέρων () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐπορεύθη () ἐν () ὁδῷ () κυρίου. ()
[23] Καὶ () συνεστράφησαν () οἱ () παῖδες () Αμων () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐθανάτωσαν () τὸν () βασιλέα () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () πᾶς () ὁ () λαὸς () τῆς () γῆς () πάντας () τοὺς () συστραφέντας () ἐπὶ () τὸν () βασιλέα () Αμων, () καὶ () ἐβασίλευσεν () ὁ () λαὸς () τῆς () γῆς () τὸν () Ιωσιαν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἀντ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[25] Καὶ () τὰ () λοιπὰ () τῶν () λόγων () Αμων, () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν, () οὐκ () ἰδοὺ () ταῦτα () γεγραμμένα () ἐπὶ () βιβλίῳ () λόγων () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () τοῖς () βασιλεῦσιν () Ιουδα;
[26] Καὶ () ἔθαψαν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () τάφῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () κήπῳ () Οζα, καὶ () ἐβασίλευσεν () Ιωσιας () υἱὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀντ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.