2 Chronicles 33:1

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 33:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 33:1

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).

2 Chronicles 33:1 In-Context

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

3 For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

5 And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.