1Menasheh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Yerushalayim. 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of יהוה , after the abominations of the nations whom יהוה cast out before B’nei Yisra’el. 3For he built again the high places which Khizki-Yahu his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Ba’alim, and made Asherot, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4And he built altars in Beit יהוה , whereof יהוה said, “In Yerushalayim shall My Name be forever.” 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of Beit יהוה . He6 also made his children to pass through the fire in Gei Ben Hinom; and he practised soothsaying, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and appointed them that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit; he wrought much evil in the sight of יהוה , to provoke Him. 7And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in Beit HaElohim, of which Elohim said to David and to Shlomo his son, “In this house, and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Yisra’el, will I put My Name forever; 8neither will I any more remove the foot of Yisra’el from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the Torah and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moshe.” 9And Menasheh made Yehudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim to err, so that they did evil more than did the nations, whom יהוה destroyed before B’nei Yisra’el.
10And יהוה spoke to Menasheh, and to his people; but they gave no heed. 11Therefore יהוה brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Ashur, who took Menasheh with hooks, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bavel. 12And when he was in distress, he besought יהוה his Elohim, and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim of his fathers. 13And he prayed unto Him; and He was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Yerushalayim into his kingdom. Then Menasheh knew that יהוה , He was Elohim. 14Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gikhon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he encompassed about Ofel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Yehudah. 15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of Beit יהוה , and all the altars that he had built in Har Beit יהוה , and in Yerushalayim, and cast them out of the city. 16And he built up the Mizbe’akh יהוה , and offered thereon sacrifices of Sh’lamim and of Todah, and commanded Yehudah to serve יהוה Elohei Yisra’el. 17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto יהוה their Elohim. 18Now the rest of the acts of Menasheh, and his prayer unto his Elohim, and the words of the Khozim that spoke to him in the Name of יהוה Elohei Yisra’el, behold, they are written among the acts of the Melakhim of Yisra’el. 19His prayer also, and how [Elohim] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the Khozim. 20So Menasheh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim. 22And he did that which was evil in the sight of יהוה , as did Menasheh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Menasheh his father had made, and served them. 23And he humbled not himself before יהוה , as Menasheh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon became guilty more and more. 24And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house. 25But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against Melekh Amon; and the people of the land made Yoshi-Yahu his son king in his stead.
אבֶּן שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מְנַשֶּׁה בְמָלְכוֹ; וַחֲמִשִּׁים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם. בוַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יהוה : כְּתוֹעֲבוֹת הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יהוה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. גוַיָּשָׁב וַיִּבֶן אֶת הַבָּמוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִתַּץ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ אָבִיו; וַיָּקֶם מִזְבְּחוֹת לַבְּעָלִים וַיַּעַשׂ אֲשֵׁרוֹת וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְכָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיַּעֲבֹד אֹתָם. דוּבָנָה מִזְבְּחוֹת בְּבֵית יהוה אֲשֶׁר אָמַר יהוה בִּירוּשָׁלִַם יִהְיֶה שְּׁמִי לְעוֹלָם. הוַיִּבֶן מִזְבְּחוֹת לְכָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמָיִם בִּשְׁתֵּי חַצְרוֹת בֵּית יהוה . ווְהוּא הֶעֱבִיר אֶת בָּנָיו בָּאֵשׁ בְּגֵי בֶן הִנֹּם וְעוֹנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף וְעָשָׂה אוֹב וְיִדְּעוֹנִי: הִרְבָּה לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יהוה לְהַכְעִיסוֹ. זוַיָּשֶׂם אֶת פֶּסֶל הַסֶּמֶל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר אָמַר אֱלֹהִים אֶל דָּוִיד וְאֶל שְׁלֹמֹה בְנוֹ בַּבַּיִת הַזֶּה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתִּי מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָשִׂים אֶת שְׁמִי לְעֵילוֹם. חוְלֹא אֹסִיף לְהָסִיר אֶת רֶגֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱמַדְתִּי לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶם: רַק אִם יִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִים לְכָל הַתּוֹרָה וְהַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה. טוַיֶּתַע מְנַשֶּׁה אֶת יְהוּדָה וְיֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִָם: לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע מִן הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁמִיד יהוה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.
יוַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֶל מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶל עַמּוֹ וְלֹא הִקְשִׁיבוּ. יאוַיָּבֵא יהוה עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת שָׂרֵי הַצָּבָא אֲשֶׁר לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת מְנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים; וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם וַיּוֹלִיכֻהוּ בָּבֶלָה. יבוּכְהָצֵר לוֹ חִלָּה אֶת פְּנֵי יהוה אֱלֹהָיו; וַיִּכָּנַע מְאֹד מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתָיו. יגוַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֵלָיו וַיֵּעָתֶר לוֹ וַיִּשְׁמַע תְּחִנָּתוֹ וַיְשִׁיבֵהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם לְמַלְכוּתוֹ; וַיֵּדַע מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי יהוה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים. ידוְאַחֲרֵי כֵן בָּנָה חוֹמָה חִיצוֹנָה לְעִיר דָּוִיד מַעְרָבָה לְגִיחוֹן בַּנַּחַל
וְלָבוֹא בְשַׁעַר הַדָּגִים וְסָבַב לָעֹפֶל וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ מְאֹד; וַיָּשֶׂם שָׂרֵי חַיִל בְּכָל הֶעָרִים הַבְּצֻרוֹת בִּיהוּדָה. טווַיָּסַר אֶת אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר וְאֶת הַסֶּמֶל מִבֵּית יהוה וְכָל הַמִּזְבְּחוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בְּהַר בֵּית יהוה וּבִירוּשָׁלִָם; וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ חוּצָה לָעִיר. טזויכן (וַיִּבֶן) אֶת מִזְבַּח יהוה וַיִּזְבַּח עָלָיו זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים וְתוֹדָה; וַיֹּאמֶר לִיהוּדָה לַעֲבוֹד אֶת יהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. יזאֲבָל עוֹד הָעָם זֹבְחִים בַּבָּמוֹת: רַק לַיהוה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם. יחוְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה וּתְפִלָּתוֹ אֶל אֱלֹהָיו וְדִבְרֵי הַחֹזִים הַמְדַבְּרִים אֵלָיו בְּשֵׁם יהוה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנָּם עַל דִּבְרֵי מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. יטוּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְהֵעָתֶר לוֹ וְכָל חַטָּאתוֹ וּמַעְלוֹ וְהַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בָהֶם בָּמוֹת וְהֶעֱמִיד הָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים לִפְנֵי הִכָּנְעוֹ הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל דִּבְרֵי חוֹזָי. כוַיִּשְׁכַּב מְנַשֶּׁה עִם אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בֵּיתוֹ; וַיִּמְלֹךְ אָמוֹן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו.
כאבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אָמוֹן בְּמָלְכוֹ; וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם. כבוַיַּעַשׂ הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יהוה כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִיו; וּלְכָל הַפְּסִילִים אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִיו זִבַּח אָמוֹן וַיַּעַבְדֵם. כגוְלֹא נִכְנַע מִלִּפְנֵי יהוה כְּהִכָּנַע מְנַשֶּׁה אָבִיו: כִּי הוּא אָמוֹן הִרְבָּה אַשְׁמָה. כדוַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו עֲבָדָיו וַיְמִיתֻהוּ בְּבֵיתוֹ. כהוַיַּכּוּ עַם הָאָרֶץ אֵת כָּל הַקֹּשְׁרִים עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ אָמוֹן; וַיַּמְלִיכוּ עַם הָאָרֶץ אֶת יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 