2 Kings 21:1-5
2 Kings 21:1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
2 Kings 21:2
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:3
He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah, as King Ahab of Israel had done; he also bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served them.
2 Kings 21:4
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where I will put my name.”
2 Kings 21:5
He built altars to all the stars in the sky in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.