1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2. He did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
3. For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
4. He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."
5. For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6. He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.