MARK THIS MAJESTIC MAKEOVER!
I. Manasseh
II. You and Me
2 Kings 21:1-15 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he
reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He
did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations
the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places his
father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an
Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry
hosts and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which
the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.” 5 In both courts of the
temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 He sacrificed his own
son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and
spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7
He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which
the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in
Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name
forever. 8 I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I
gave their forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded
them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them.” 9 But the
people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than
the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. 10 The LORD said
through his servants the prophets: 11 “Manasseh king of Judah has committed
these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded
him and has led Judah into sin with his idols. 12 Therefore this is what the LORD,
the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah