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for this pride of his, both he and the citizens of Jerusalem afterwards humbled themselves, and it was not in Ezechias’ own time that the Lord’s vengeance fell. (2 Chronicles 32, 26)
new cities he must build, so many were his herds of sheep and cattle, so abundant were the possessions the Lord had given him. (2 Chronicles 32, 29)
And he defied the Lord’s will, by courting the false gods of those nations which the Lord destroyed to make room for the sons of Israel. (2 Chronicles 33, 2)
Nay, he must set up these altars of his in the temple itself, where the Lord fulfilled his promise that Jerusalem should be the shrine of his name for ever; (2 Chronicles 33, 4)
He consecrated his own sons by passing them through the fire in the ravine of Benennom;✻ there was watching for dreams and taking of auguries, there was practising of magical arts; he surrounded himself with diviners and soothsayers, until this defiance of his provoked the Lord’s anger. (2 Chronicles 33, 6)
He carved an image, too, and cast a sheath for it, and set this up in the Lord’s house. And this was at Jerusalem, the Lord’s choice among all the cities of Israel; this was in the temple that was to be the everlasting shrine of his name; so he had promised David and Solomon, (2 Chronicles 33, 7)
The very nations which the Lord destroyed to make room for the sons of Israel were guilty of less wrong than Juda and Jerusalem did, when they were led astray by the example of Manasses. (2 Chronicles 33, 9)
Warnings enough the Lord sent to him and to his people, but they went unheeded; (2 Chronicles 33, 10)
It was to his own God, the Lord, that he turned in this time of distress; before him, the God of his fathers, he made humble amends, (2 Chronicles 33, 12)
and sought his favour with earnest prayer. That prayer the Lord answered, and restored him to his throne at Jerusalem. Such good proof had Manasses that the Lord only was God. (2 Chronicles 33, 13)
Meanwhile, there was an end of the false gods, of the idol that stood in the Lord’s house, of the altars he had set up on the temple hill and all over Jerusalem; he cast them away beyond the city walls. (2 Chronicles 33, 15)
The Lord’s altar must be restored; to this he brought his victims, his welcome-offerings and thank-offerings, and bade Juda serve the Lord, the God of Israel. (2 Chronicles 33, 16)
