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3Â Menasheh was 12 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 55 years in Yerushalayim,
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But did that which was rah in the eyes of Hashem, like unto the to’avot HaGoyim, whom Hashem had driven out before the Bnei Yisroel.
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For he rebuilt the high places which Chizkiyahu Aviv had demolished, erected mizbechot for Ba’alim, and made Asherot, and worshiped all the tzva HaShomayim, and served them.
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Also he built mizbechot in the Beis Hashem, whereof Hashem had said, In Yerushalayim shall Shmi be forever.
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And he built mizbechot for all the tzva HaShomayim in the two khatzerot (courtyards) of the Beis Hashem.