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CHAP. XXI.
1 Manasseh his reigne. 3 His great idolatrie. 10 His wickednesse causeth prophecies against Iudah. 17 Amon succeedeth him. 19 Amons wicked reigne. 23 Hee being slaine by his seruants, and those murderers slaine by the people, Iosiah is made King.
1 Manasseh was twelue yeres olde when hee beganne to reigne, and reigned fiftie and fiue yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Hephzibah.1
3 For he built vp againe the high places, which Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and hee reared vp altars for Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen, and serued them.3
4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord sayd, In Ierusalem will I put my Name.4
5 And he built altars for all the host of heauen, in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
7 And he set a grauen image of the groue that he had made, in the house, of which the Lord said to Dauid, and to Solomon his sonne, In this house and in Ierusalem, which I haue chosen out of all tribes of Israel, wil I put my Name for euer:7
10 ¶ And the Lord spake by his seruants the Prophets, saying,
11 Because Manasseh king of Iudah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly aboue all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Iudah also to sinne with his idoles:11
12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such euill vpon Ierusalem and Iudah, that whosoeuer heareth of it, both his eares shall tingle.12
13 And I will stretch ouer Ierusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Ierusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it vpside downe.13
16 Moreouer, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Ierusalem from one end to another, beside his sinne wherwith he made Iudah to sinne, in doing that which was euill in the sight of the Lord.16
18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his owne house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his sonne reigned in his stead.18
20 And he did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
22 And he forsooke the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
23 ¶ And the seruants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his owne house.
26 And he was buried in his sepulchre, in the garden of Uzza, and Iosiah his sonne reigned in his stead.26
2 Kings Chapter 21 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
1 2. Chron. 33.1.
3 Cha. 18.4.
4 Iere. 32.34. , 2. Sam. 7.13.
7 1. King. 8.29. and 9.3. chap. 23.27.
11 Iere. 15.4.
12 1 Sam. 3.11.
13 Heb. he wipeth and turneth it vpon the face thereof.
16 Heb. from mouth to mouth.
18 2. Chron. 33.20.
26 Mat. 1.10 called Iosias.
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