2Ch 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2Ch 33:2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
2Ch 33:3 For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;
2Ch 33:4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.
2Ch 33:5 And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
2Ch 33:6 More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.
2Ch 33:7 And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
2Ch 33:8 And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.
2Ch 33:9 And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.
2Ch 33:10 And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.
2Ch 33:11 So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.
2Ch 33:12 And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
2Ch 33:13 And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
2Ch 33:14 After this he made an outer wall for the town of David, on the west side of Gihon in the valley, as far as the way into the town by the fish doorway; and he put a very high wall round the Ophel; and he put captains of the army in all the walled towns of Judah.
2Ch 33:15 He took away the strange gods and the image out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars he had put up on the hill of the Lord's house and in Jerusalem, and put them out of the town.
2Ch 33:16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.
2Ch 33:17 However, the people still made offerings in the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
2Ch 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel.
2Ch 33:19 And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.
2Ch 33:20 So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.
2Ch 33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.
2Ch 33:22 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.
2Ch 33:23 He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.
2Ch 33:24 And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.
2Ch 33:25 But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.
Psm 89:1 <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
Psm 89:2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
Psm 89:3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
Psm 89:4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)
Psm 89:5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.
Psm 89:6 For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
Psm 89:7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.
Psm 89:8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah? and your unchanging faith is round about you.
Psm 89:9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.
Psm 89:10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.
Psm 89:11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.
Psm 89:12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name.
Psm 89:13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.
Psm 89:14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
Psm 89:15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
Psm 89:16 In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.
Psm 89:17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.
Psm 89:18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
<br/> <a href=http://bible.ccim.org/email/bibleemaillist_zh.htm>Subscribe/unsubscribe instruction</>
<br/><a href=http://www.churchchina.org>Church China</a>