25 Before him there was no king (A)like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

26 However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, (B)because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. 27 The Lord said, “I will remove Judah also from My sight, (C)as I have removed Israel. And (D)I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the [a]temple of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:27 Lit house