1. Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2. But he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all the abominations of the nations which the Lord overturned before the sons of Israel.
3. And turning away, he repaired the high places, which had been demolished by his father, Hezekiah. And he constructed altars to the Baals, and made sacred groves. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them.
4. Also, he built altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."
5. But he built these for the entire army of heaven, in the two courts of the house of the Lord.