2 Kings 21:1-3

New English Translation

Manasseh’s Reign over Judah

21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother^[a] was Hephzibah. ² He did evil in the sight of^[b] the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations^[c] whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. ³ He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky^[d] and worshiped^[e] them.