21 Ma·nasʹseh+ was 12 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 55 years in Jerusalem.+ His mother’s name was Hephʹzi·bah.

4 He also built altars in the house of Jehovah,+ about which Jehovah had said: “In Jerusalem, I will put my name.”+

11 “Both the prophet and the priest are polluted.*+

Even in my own house I have found their wickedness,”+ declares Jehovah.

5 He then said to me: “Son of man, please raise your eyes toward the north.” So I raised my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the gate of the altar, was this symbol* of jealousy in the entryway. 6 And he said to me: “Son of man, do you see what terrible, detestable things the house of Israel is doing here,+ things that make me go far away from my sanctuary?+ But you will see detestable things that are even more terrible.”