Verse 1

2 Kings 21:1

Literal Standard Version

1 Manasseh is a son of twelve years in his reigning, and he has reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hephzi-Bah;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֶּן שְׁתֵּ֨ים עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בְ/מָלְכ֔/וֹ וַ/חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/שֵׁ֥ם אִמּ֖/וֹ חֶפְצִי בָֽהּ
English Translation
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-five years, and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 21 Context
1 Manasseh is a son of twelve years in his reigning, and he has reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem,...
2 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to the abominations of the nations that YHWH disposs... Focus ↗
3 and he turns and builds the high places that his father Hezekiah destroyed, and raises altars for Ba... Focus ↗
4 And he has built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH said, “In Jerusalem I put My Name.” Focus ↗
5 And he builds altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of YHWH; Focus ↗
6 and he has caused his son to pass through fire, and observed clouds, and used enchantment, and dealt... Focus ↗
7 And he sets the carved image of the Asherah that he made in the house of which YHWH said to David an... Focus ↗
8 and I do not add to cause the foot of Israel to move from the ground that I gave to their fathers, o... Focus ↗
9 And they have not listened, and Manasseh causes them to err, to do evil above the nations that YHWH... Focus ↗
10 And YHWH speaks by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying, Focus ↗
11 “Because that Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations—he has done evil above all that the... Focus ↗
12 therefore, thus said YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold, I am bringing in calamity on Jerusalem an... Focus ↗
13 And I have stretched out the line of Samaria over Jerusalem, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, a... Focus ↗
14 And I have left the remnant of My inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and th... Focus ↗
15 because that they have done evil in My eyes, and are provoking Me to anger from the day that their f... Focus ↗
16 And also, Manasseh has shed very much innocent blood, until he has filled Jerusalem mouth to mouth,... Focus ↗
17 And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they n... Focus ↗
18 And Manasseh lies with his fathers, and is buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza,... Focus ↗
19 Amon is a son of twenty-two years in his reigning, and he has reigned two years in Jerusalem, and th... Focus ↗
20 and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his father Manasseh did, Focus ↗
21 and walks in all the way that his father walked in, and serves the idols that his father served, and... Focus ↗
22 and forsakes YHWH, God (Elohim) of his fathers, and has not walked in the way of YHWH. Focus ↗
23 And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house, Focus ↗
24 and the people of the land strike all those conspiring against King Amon, and the people of the land... Focus ↗
25 And the rest of the matters of Amon that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicle... Focus ↗
26 And one buries him in his burying-place in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigns in his stea... Focus ↗