2 Kings 21:4
2 Kings 21:1-6 The Message (MSG)
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king. He ruled for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. In GOD’s judgment 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 all the sex-and-religion shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars and phallic images for the sex god Baal and sex goddess Asherah, exactly what Ahab king of Israel had done. He worshiped the cosmic powers, taking orders from the constellations. He even built these pagan altars in The Temple of GOD, the very Jerusalem Temple dedicated exclusively by GOD’s decree (“in Jerusalem I place my Name”) to GOD’s Name. And he built shrines to the cosmic powers and placed them in both courtyards of The Temple of GOD. He burned his own son in a sacrificial offering. He practiced black magic and fortunetelling. He held séances and consulted spirits from the underworld. Much evil—in GOD’s judgment, a career in evil. And GOD was angry.
2 Kings 21:4 King James Version (KJV)
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
2 Kings 21:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
2 Kings 21:4 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD had said about the Temple, “I will be worshiped in Jerusalem,” but Manasseh built altars in the Temple of the LORD.
2 Kings 21:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
2 Kings 21:4 New International Version (NIV)
He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”
2 Kings 21:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
2 Kings 21:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And he built [pagan] altars in the house (temple) of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name (Presence).”