2 Kings 21:1-2

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 21

Reign of Manasseh. ¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

² He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, practicing the abominations of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites.