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-five years in Jerusalem.
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And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.
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For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
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And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem shall my name be forever."
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And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.