Manasseh was twelve years old From hence to the end of ( 2 Chronicles 33:9 ) the same things are recorded, almost word for word, as in ( 2 Kings 21:1-9 ) , see the notes there. (See Gill on 2 Kings 21:1).
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign , and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
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But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
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For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down , and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said , In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.