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He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley.(A) He practised witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.

Manasseh(C) set up a carved image of the idol, which he had made, in God’s temple(D) that God had spoken about to David and his son Solomon: ‘I will establish my name for ever[a](E) in this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.(F) I will never again remove the feet of the Israelites from the land where I stationed your[b](G) ancestors,(H) if only they will be careful to do all I have commanded them through Moses – all the law, statutes, and judgements.’

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Footnotes

  1. 33:7 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; 2Kg 21:7; MT reads name for Elom
  2. 33:8 LXX, Syr, Vg read land I gave to their; 2Kg 21:8