The Second Book of Kings, Chapter 21מלכים ב 21

בֶּן שְׁתֵּ֨ים עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בְמָלְכ֔וֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֥ם אִמּ֖וֹ חֶפְצִי בָֽהּ

Manasseh twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name Hephzibah.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And he did evil in the sight of YHWH, after the abominations of the heathen, whom YHWH cast out before the children of Israel.

וַיָּ֗שָׁב וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ אֶת הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִבַּ֖ד חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֑יו וַיָּ֨קֶם מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת לַבַּ֗עַל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ לְכָל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד אֹתָֽם

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.

וּבָנָ֥ה מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת שְׁמִֽי

And he built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

וַיִּ֥בֶן מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לְכָל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י חַצְר֥וֹת בֵּית יְהוָֽה

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of YHWH.

וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אֶת בְּנוֹ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעוֹנֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לְהַכְעִֽיס

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 YHWH, to provoke to anger.

וַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל דָּוִד֙ וְאֶל שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנ֔וֹ בַּבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֜ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֨רְתִּי֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת שְׁמִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם

And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which YHWH 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:

וְלֹ֣א אֹסִ֗יף לְהָנִיד֙ רֶ֣גֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם רַ֣ק אִם יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ים וּלְכָל הַ֨תּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם עַבְדִּ֥י מֹשֶֽׁה

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.

וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ וַיַּתְעֵ֤ם מְנַשֶּׁה֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת אֶת הָרָ֔ע מִן הַ֨גּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הִשְׁמִ֣יד יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom YHWH destroyed before the children of Israel.

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בְּיַד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר

And YHWH spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

יַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ הַתֹּעֵב֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה הֵרַ֕ע מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂ֥וּ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְפָנָ֑יו וַיַּחֲטִ֥א גַֽם אֶת יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו

Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל שמעיו שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו

Therefore thus says YHWH God of Israel, Behold, I bringing evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת הַצַּלַּ֨חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל פָּנֶֽיהָ

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as wipeth a dish, wiping , and turning upside down.

וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י אֵ֚ת שְׁאֵרִ֣ית נַחֲלָתִ֔י וּנְתַתִּ֖ים בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָי֥וּ לְבַ֛ז וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖ה לְכָל אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם

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;

יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֤וּ אֶת הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וַיִּהְי֥וּ מַכְעִסִ֖ים אֹתִ֑י מִן הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֤וּ אֲבוֹתָם֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְעַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

Because they have done evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.

וְגַם֩ דָּ֨ם נָקִ֜י שָׁפַ֤ךְ מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר מִלֵּ֥א אֶת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם פֶּ֣ה לָפֶ֑ה לְבַ֤ד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת יְהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה

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 evil in the sight of YHWH.

וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י מְנַשֶּׁה֙ וְכָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְחַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א הֲלֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מְנַשֶּׁה֙ עִם אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּגַן בֵּית֖וֹ בְּגַן עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָמ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

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.

בֶּן עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אָמ֣וֹן בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת בַּת חָר֖וּץ מִן יָטְבָֽה

Amon twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אָבִֽיו

And he did evil in the sight of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did.

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּכָל הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר הָלַ֣ךְ אָבִ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת הַגִּלֻּלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לָהֶֽם

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב אֶת יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א הָלַ֖ךְ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ יְהוָֽה

And he forsook YHWH God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of YHWH.

וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי אָמ֖וֹן עָלָ֑יו וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ אֶת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

וַיַּךְ֙ עַם הָאָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כָּל הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים עַל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָמ֑וֹן וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ עַם הָאָ֛רֶץ אֶת יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

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.

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אָמ֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה

Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥ר אֹת֛וֹ בִּקְבֻרָת֖וֹ בְּגַן עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.