2 Kings 21:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Judah’s King Manasseh

21 Manasseh^(A) was 12 years old when he became king and reigned 55 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.^{(B) 2} He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,^(C) imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.^{(D) 3} He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed^(E) and reestablished the altars for Baal. He made an Asherah,^(F) as King Ahab of Israel had done;^(G) he also worshiped the whole heavenly host^(H) and served them.