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II Chronicles
Chapter 33
{Manasseh
was an Unbeliever and an Idolater}
1
Manasseh was twelve years old
when
he began to reign,
and
he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem . . . 2
but
did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
like
unto the abominations of the heathen,
whom
Jehovah/God
had
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 Baalim,
and
made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven,
and
served them.
4
Also he built altars in the house of Jehovah/God,
whereof
Jehovah/God had said,
In
Jerusalem shall My Name/Reputation/Person be forever.
5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven
in
the two courts of the house of Jehovah/God.
{Child
Sacrifice of the Phallic Cult Idolatry}
6
And he caused his children to pass through the fire
in
the valley of the son of Hinnom . . .
also
he observed times, and used enchantments,
and
used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit,
and
with wizards . . .
he
wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
to
provoke Him to anger.
7
And he set a carved image,
the
idol which he had made,
in
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
of
which 'Elohiym/Godhead had said to David
and
to Solomon his son,
In
this house, and in Jerusalem,
which
I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel,
will
I put My Name/Reputation/Person forever . . . 8
neither
will I any more remove the foot of Israel
from
out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers;
so
that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them,
according
to the whole law and the statutes
and
the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err,
and
to do worse than the heathen,
whom
Jehovah/God had destroyed before the children of Israel.
10
And Jehovah/God spoke to Manasseh, and to his people . . .
but
they would not hearken.
11
Wherefore Jehovah/God
brought
upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria,
which
took Manasseh among the thorns,
and
bound him with fetters/chains,
and
carried him to Babylon.
{Manasseh
becomes a Believer thru 'Pressure Evangelism'}
12
And when he was in affliction,
he
besought Jehovah/God his 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
humbled himself greatly
before
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of his fathers, 13
and
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/God . . .
He
was 'Elohiym/Godhead.
14
Now after this
he
built a wall without the city of David,
on
the west side of Gihon, in the valley,
even
to the entering in at the fish gate,
and
compassed about Ophel,
and
raised it up a very great height,
and
put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
15
And he took away the strange gods/'elohiym,
and
the idol out of the house of Jehovah/God,
and
all the altars that he had built in the mount
of
the house of Jehovah/God, and in Jerusalem,
and
cast them out of the city.
16
And he repaired the altar of Jehovah/God,
and
sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings,
and
commanded Judah to serve Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel.
17
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places,
yet
unto Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead only.
18
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,
and
his prayer unto his 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
the words of the seers that spoke to him
in
the name of Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
19
His prayer also, and how 'Elohiym/Godhead was entreated of him,
and
all his sins, and his trespass, and the places
wherein
he built high places,
and
set up groves and graven images,
before
he was humbled . . .
behold,
they are written among the sayings of the seers.
20
So Manasseh slept with his fathers,
and
they buried him in his own house . . .
and
Amon his son reigned in his place/stead.
{Amon
was an Unbeliever}
21
Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign,
and
reigned two years in Jerusalem . . . 22
but
he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
as
did Manasseh his father . . .
for
Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images
which
Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 23
and
humbled not himself before Jehovah/God,
as
Manasseh his father had humbled himself;
but
Amon trespassed more and more.
24
And his servants conspired against him,
and
slew him in his own house.
25
But the people of the land
slew
all them who had conspired against king Amon;
and
the people of the land made Josiah his son
king
in his place/stead.
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