2 Kings 21

1 son: aged two ten year Manasseh in/on/with to reign he and fifty and five year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Hephzibah Hephzibah

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah.

2 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as abomination [the] nation which to possess: take LORD from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced [through the land].

3 and to return: rescue and to build [obj] [the] high place which to perish Hezekiah father his and to arise: raise altar to/for Baal and to make Asherah like/as as which to make: do Ahab king Israel and to bow to/for all army [the] heaven and to serve: minister [obj] them

He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines [for worshiping Yahweh] that his father Hezekiah had destroyed [because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him]. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made [a statue of the goddess] Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done [previously]. And Manasseh worshiped [DOU] the stars.

4 and to build altar in/on/with house: temple LORD which to say LORD in/on/with Jerusalem to set: put [obj] name my

He directed his workers to build altars [for worshiping foreign gods] in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship [MTY] me, forever.”

5 and to build altar to/for all army [the] heaven in/on/with two court house: temple LORD

He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple.

6 and to pass [obj] son: child his in/on/with fire and to divine and to divine and to make: do medium and spiritist to multiply to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD to/for to provoke

He even sacrificed his own son by burning [him in a fire]. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.

7 and to set: make [obj] idol [the] Asherah which to make in/on/with house: home which to say LORD to(wards) David and to(wards) Solomon son: child his in/on/with house: home [the] this and in/on/with Jerusalem which to choose from all tribe Israel to set: put [obj] name my to/for forever: enduring

He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever.

8 and not to add: again to/for to wander foot Israel from [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for father their except if to keep: careful to/for to make: do like/as all which to command them and to/for all [the] instruction which to command [obj] them servant/slave my Moses

And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me [very well], I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.”

9 and not to hear: hear and to go astray them Manasseh to/for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil from [the] nation which to destroy LORD from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced.

10 and to speak: speak LORD in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his [the] prophet to/for to say

[These are some of the things that] the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them:

11 because which to make Manasseh king Judah [the] abomination [the] these be evil from all which to make: do [the] Amorite which to/for face: before his and to sin also [obj] Judah in/on/with idol his

“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by [worshiping] idols.

12 to/for so thus to say LORD God Israel look! I to come (in): bring distress: harm upon Jerusalem and Judah which all (to hear: hear her *Q(K)*) to tingle two ear his

Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned [MTY].

13 and to stretch upon Jerusalem [obj] line Samaria and [obj] level house: household Ahab and to wipe [obj] Jerusalem like/as as which to wipe [obj] [the] dish to wipe and to overturn upon face her

I will judge and punish [MET] the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab [of Israel]. I will (wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem), like [MET] people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down [after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied].

14 and to leave [obj] remnant inheritance my and to give: give them in/on/with hand: power enemy their and to be to/for plunder and to/for plunder to/for all enemy their

And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land.

15 because which to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing my and to be to provoke [obj] me from [the] day: today which to come out: come father their from Egypt and till [the] day: today [the] this

I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.”

16 and also blood innocent to pour: kill Manasseh to multiply much till which to fill [obj] Jerusalem lip: edge to/for lip: edge to/for alone from sin his which to sin [obj] Judah to/for to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD

Manasseh [commanded his officials to] kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh [by worshiping idols].

17 and remainder word: deed Manasseh and all which to make: do and sin his which to sin not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

[If you want to know more about] all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

18 and to lie down: be dead Manasseh with father his and to bury in/on/with garden house: home his in/on/with Garden (of Uzza) (Garden of) Uzza and to reign Amon son: child his underneath: instead him

Manasseh died [EUP] and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king.

19 son: aged twenty and two year Amon in/on/with to reign he and two year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Meshullemeth daughter Haruz from Jotbah

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for [only] two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah [town], and was the granddaughter of Haruz.

20 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as as which to make: do Manasseh father his

Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done.

21 and to go: walk in/on/with all [the] way: conduct which to go: walk father his and to serve: minister [obj] [the] idol which to serve: minister father his and to bow to/for them

He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped [DOU].

22 and to leave: forsake [obj] LORD God father his and not to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct LORD

He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [had worshiped], and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to.

23 and to conspire servant/slave Amon upon him and to die [obj] [the] king in/on/with house: home his

Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.

24 and to smite people [the] land: country/planet [obj] all [the] to conspire upon [the] king Amon and to reign people [the] land: country/planet [obj] Josiah son: child his underneath: instead him

But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

25 and remainder word: deed Amon which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

[If you want to read about] [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

26 (and to bury *LB(ah)*) [obj] him in/on/with tomb his in/on/with Garden (of Uzza) (Garden of) Uzza and to reign Josiah son: child his underneath: instead him

Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza [had made]. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king.