Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be for ever.”
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
He built [pagan] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
Also he built [heathen] altars in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall My Name be forever.
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “Jerusalem is where my name will remain forever.”
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, ‘Jerusalem is where my name will remain for ever.’
He even built altars in the Lord’s temple, the very place the Lord was speaking about when he said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
He erected altars in the house of Adonai, concerning which Adonai had said, “My name will be in Yerushalayim forever.”
In the temple, where only the Lord was supposed to be worshiped, Manasseh built altars for the worship of pagan gods
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
He built also altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Manasseh built altars for false gods in the Lord’s Temple. The Lord said about the Temple, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the Lord's temple. The Lord had said about his temple, ‘That is my home in Jerusalem where people will worship me for ever.’
He built altars in the House of the Lord, about which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem my Name will be forever.”
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.”
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.”
The Lord had said about the ·Temple [L house], “·I will be worshiped [L My name will be] in Jerusalem forever,” but Manasseh built altars in the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord.
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my Name be forever.
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where the Lord had said, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the Lord had said was where he should be worshiped forever.
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, where Yahweh had said, “Jerusalem is where My name will remain forever.”
The Lord had said about the Temple, “I will be worshiped in Jerusalem forever.” But Manasseh built altars for false gods in the Temple of the Lord.
He also built altars in the Lord’s Temple, about which the Lord had spoken “My name will reside in Jerusalem forever.”
He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “In Jerusalem My name shall be forever.”
And he built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh had said, “In Jerusalem my name shall be forever.”
He even constructed heathen altars in both courts of the Temple of the Lord for worshiping the sun, moon, and stars—in the very place where the Lord had said that he would be honored forever.
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. He ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. In God’s opinion he was a bad king—an evil king. He reintroduced all the moral rot and spiritual corruption that had been scoured from the country when God dispossessed the pagan nations in favor of the children of Israel. He rebuilt the sex-and-religion shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down, he built altars and phallic images for the sex god Baal and the sex goddess Asherah and worshiped the cosmic powers, taking orders from the constellations. He built shrines to the cosmic powers and placed them in both courtyards of The Temple of God, the very Jerusalem Temple dedicated exclusively by God’s decree to God’s Name (“in Jerusalem I place my Name”). He burned his own sons in a sacrificial rite in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. He practiced witchcraft and fortunetelling. He held séances and consulted spirits from the underworld. Much evil—in God’s view a career in evil. And God was angry.
And he built altars in the house of the Lord where the Lord said, “In Jerusalem My name will be perpetual.”
He built altars in Yahweh’s temple, where Yahweh had said, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said: In Jerusalem shall my name be forever;
He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the temple of the Lord about which the Lord had said: “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
The Lord had said about the Temple, “I will be worshiped in Jerusalem forever,” but Manasseh built altars in the Temple of the Lord.
He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”
He built altars in the Lord’s temple. The Lord had said about his temple, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ‘My Name will remain in Jerusalem for ever.’
He also built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall My name be forever.”
And he built altars in the Lord’s house, of which the Lord had said, “My name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
He built pagan altars in the Temple of the Lord, the place where the Lord had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ‘In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.’
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ‘In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.’
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.”
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.”
Also he built mizbechot in the Beis Hashem, whereof Hashem had said, In Yerushalayim shall Shmi be forever.
Also, he built altars in the House of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem shall My Name be forever.”
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.”
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.”
He built altars in the House of Adonai—of which Adonai had said, “My Name will be in Jerusalem forever.”
He even desecrated the Eternal’s temple, the place honoring His reputation which was to remain in Jerusalem forever, by building pagan altars in two courts there.
He built altars in Yahweh’s house, of which Yahweh said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
And he builded altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, My name shall be in Jerusalem (into) without end.
And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, `In Jerusalem is My name to the age.'
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