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2 Chronicles 32
²⁹ He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth.
³⁰ It was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
³¹ Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
³² Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of devotion, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
³³ So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 33
¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
² He did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
³ For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
⁴ He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever."
⁵ For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
⁶ He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.