2 Kings 21
- 1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
- 2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the disgusting practices of the nations, who the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
- 3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed. He reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as did Ahab king of Israel. Worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
- 4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
- 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
- 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used secret arts, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
- 7And he set a carved idol of the Asherah pole that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
- 8Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers. Only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
- 9But they did not listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
- 10And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
- 11Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these disgusting practices, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:
- 12Therefore the Lord God of Israel says this, I am bringing such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
- 13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
- 14And I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies. They shall become a prey and plunder to all their enemies.
- 15Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.
- 16Also Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another. Beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
- 19Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
- 20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
- 21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
- 22And he abandoned the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
- 23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.
- 24And the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon. The people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- 25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 26And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Kings 21 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the disgusting practices of the nations, who the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
KJVFor he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
GIGAKJVFor he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed. He reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as did Ahab king of Israel. Worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
KJVAnd he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
GIGAKJVAnd he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used secret arts, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
KJVAnd he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
GIGAKJVAnd he set a carved idol of the Asherah pole that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
KJVNeither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
GIGAKJVNeither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers. Only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
KJVBut they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
GIGAKJVBut they did not listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.
KJVAnd the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
KJVBecause Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
GIGAKJVBecause Manasseh king of Judah has done these disgusting practices, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols:
KJVTherefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord God of Israel says this, I am bringing such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
KJVAnd I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
GIGAKJVAnd I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
KJVAnd I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
GIGAKJVAnd I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies. They shall become a prey and plunder to all their enemies.
KJVBecause they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
GIGAKJVBecause they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.
KJVMoreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
GIGAKJVAlso Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another. Beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
KJVAnd Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
GIGAKJVAnd Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
KJVAnd he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
GIGAKJVAnd he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
KJVAnd he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
GIGAKJVAnd he abandoned the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
KJVAnd the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
GIGAKJVAnd the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.
KJVAnd the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
GIGAKJVAnd the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon. The people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
KJVAnd he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
GIGAKJVAnd he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
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