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2 Chronicles 33

1 Manafſéh an idolater. 9 He cauſeth Iudáh to erre. 11 He is led away priſoner into Babylón. 12 He praieth to the Lord, and is deliuered. 14 He aboliſheth idolatrie, 16 And ſetteth vp true religion. 20 He dyeth and Amón his ſonne ſucceedeth, 24 Whome his owne ſeruants ſlay.
1.Manafſéh was twelue yere olde, whé he began to reigne, and he reigned fiue and fiftie yere in Ieruſalém:
2.And he did euil in the ſight of the Lord, like the abominacions of the heathen, whome the Lord had caſt out before the children of Iſraél.
3.For he went backe and buylt the hie places, which Hezekiáh his father had broken downe: and he ſet vp altars for Baalím, and made groues, and worſhiped all the hoſte of the heauen, and ſerued them.
4.Alſo he buylt altars in the houſe of the Lord, whereof the Lord had ſaid, In Ieruſalém ſhal my Name be for euer.
5.And he buylt altars for all the hoſte of the heaué in the two courtes of the houſe of the Lord.
6.And he cauſed his ſonnes to paſſe through ŷ fyre in the valley of Ben-hinnóm: he gaue him ſelfe to witchcraft and to charming, and to forcerie, and he vſed them that had familiar ſpirits, and ſotheſayers: he did verie muche euil in ŷ ſight of the Lord to angre him.
7.He put alſo the karued image, which he had made, in the houſe of God: whereof God had ſaid to Dauid and to Salomón his ſonne, In this houſe & in Ieruſalém, which I haue choſen before all the tribes of Iſraél, wil I put my Name for euer,
8.Nether wil *I make the foote of Iſraél to remoue any more out of the land which I haue appointed for your fathers, ſo that they take hede, & do all that I haue commanded them, according to the Law and ſtatutes and iudgements by the hand of Moſés.
9.So Manafſéh made Iudáh and the inhabitãts of Ieruſalém to erre, & to do worſe then the heathen, whome the Lord had deſtroyed before the children of Iſraél.
10.And the Lord ſpake to Manafſéh & to his people, but they wolde not regarde.
11.Wherefore the Lord broght vpon them the captaines of the hoſte of the King of Aſſhúr, which toke Manafſéh & put him in fetters, and bounde him in chaines, and caryed him to Babél.
12.And when he was in tribulaciõ, he prayed to the Lord his God, and humbled him ſelfe greatly before ŷ God of his fathers,
13.And prayed vnto him. and God was entreated of him, and heard his prayer, and broght him againe to Ieruſalém into his kingdome: thẽ Manafſéh knewe that the Lord was God.
14.Now after this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid, on the Weſtſide of Gihón in the valley, eué at the entrie of the fiſh gate, & compaſſed about Ophél, and raiſed it very hie, and put captaines of warre in all the ſtrong cities of Iudáh.
15.And he toke away the ſtrange gods and the image out of the houſe of the Lord, and all the altars that he had buylt in the mount of the houſe of the Lord, and in Ieruſalém, and caſt them out of the citie.
16.Alſo he prepared the altar of ŷ Lord, and ſacrificed thereon peace offrings, and of thankes, and commanded Iudáh to ſerue the Lord God of Iſraél.
17.Neuertheles the people did ſacrifice ſtil in the hie places, but vnto ŷ Lord their God.
18.¶ Concerning the reſt of the actes of Manafſéh, and his prayer vnto his God, and the wordes of the Seers, that ſpake to him in the Name of the Lord God of Iſraél, beholde, thei are writen in the boke of the Kings of Iſraél.
19.And his prayer and how God was intreated of him, and all his ſinne, and his treſpaſſe, and the places wherein he buylt hie places, and ſet groues and images (before he was humbled) beholde, they are writen in the boke of lthe Seers.
20.So Manafſéh ſlept with his fathers, and they buryed him in his owne houſe: and Amón his ſonne reigned in his ſtead.
21.¶ Amón was two and twentie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned two yere in Ieruſalém.
22.But he did euil in the ſight of the Lord, as did Manafſéh his father. for Amón ſacrificed to all the images, which Manafſéh his father had made, and ſerued them,
23.And he humbled not him ſelf before the Lord, as Manafſéh his father had humbled him ſelfe: but this Amón treſpaſſed more and more.
24.And his ſeruants conſpired againſt him, and ſlewe him in his owne houſe.
25.But the people of the land ſlewe all thẽ that had conſpired againſt King Amón: and the people of the land made Ioſiáh his ſonne King in his ſtead.

Notes

1:*.
2.King. 21. 1.
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2:*.
Deut. 18. 9.
3:*.
2. King. 18. 4.
3:*.
Iere 32. 34.
4:*.
2. King 21. 5.
6:*.
Read 2 King 16.3.
7:*.
2 King 8. 29. & 9. 3. 2 king 7. 10. & 21. 7.
8:*.
2. Sam. 7. 10.
8:b.
By the charge giuẽ to Moſes.
10:c.
Meaning, by his Prophetes, but their heart was not touched to beleue & repent without the w̃ the preaching of the worde taketh no place.
13:d.
Thus afflictiõ giueth vnderſtãding: for he that hated God in his proſperitie, now in his miſerie he ſeketh vnto him
14:e.
Read Chap. 32. 30.
14:*.
Read Chap. 27. 3.
16:g.
Which Salomón had cauſed to be made.
17:h.
Thus by ignorance they were deceiued thinking it nothing to kepe the altars, ſo that they worſhiped God: but it is idolatrie to worſhip God anie other wiſe then he hathe appointed
18:i.
Which albeit that it is not conteined in the Ebrew, yet becauſe it is here mẽcioned & is writẽ in the Greke, we haue placed it in ŷ end of this boke.
19:".
Or, Hozai.
20:k.
Becauſe he had ſo horribly offended agaiſt ŷ Lord, they did not burye him in ŷ ſepulchres of the Kings, but in the garden of the Kings houſe.
24:*.
2. King. 21. 23.