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And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manas'seh his father had done.
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He walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;
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he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
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And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his house.
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But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josi'ah his son king in his stead.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.