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21 Menashsheh was twelve when he became king, and he reigned over Yehudah from Yerushalem for fifty-five years. (His mother was Heftsivah.) 2 He did what Yahweh had said was evil like the evil behaviour of the people groups that Yahweh had driven out of the region ahead of the Israelis.[ref] 3 In fact he went backwards from his father and rebuilt the hilltop shrines that Hizkiyah had destroyed, and he made altars for Baal, and he made an Asherah pole, just like Yisrael’s King Ahab had, and he worshipped the constellations and followed astrology. 4 Also he built altars in Yahweh’s residence, where Yahweh had said, “I will establish my reputation in Yerushalem.”[ref] 5 Menashsheh built altars to all the constellations in the two courts of the temple. 6 He even sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering. He practised divination and read omens, and consulted mediums and fortune-tellers. He did so much that Yahweh had said was evil, provoking Yahweh to get angry. 7 He placed the Asherah idol that he’d made in the temple about which Yahweh had said to David and to his son Shelomoh (Solomon), “I will establish my reputation forever in this house and in Yerushalem in Yehudah, which I’ve chosen out of all the tribes of Yisrael.[ref] 8 If only the Israelis will take care to obey everything that I’ve commanded them, and all the instructions that my servant Mosheh gave them, then I won’t continue to cause them to leave the area that I gave to their ancestors.” 9 But they didn’t listen and Menashsheh led them astray to do more evil things even than the people groups that Yahweh had destroyed as the people had entered the region.
Jer 15:4:
4 [ref]◙2Ch 6:6:
6 but now I’ve chosen Yerushalem (Jerusalem) to be my place of residence and I’ve chosen you, David, to be over my people Yisrael.’
1Ki 9:3-5:
3 and said, “I’ve heard your prayer and your plea for favour requested from me. I’ve declared that this residence that you built is holy by associating my name with it forever, and my eyes and my heart will constantly be there.[fn] 4 And as for you, if you’ll behave with godliness just like your father David lived with total dedication and honesty, by following everything that I’ve commanded you including keeping my statutes and my judgements, 5 then I’ll continue your dynasty over Yisrael forever, just like I told your father David when I said, ‘your descendants will never be removed from Yisrael’s throne.’[ref]
9:3 ‘my eyes and my heart’: many translations have something like ‘my presence’, but we’ve left it literal here for the reader to interpret rather than oversimplifying what we don’t necessarily understand.
2Ch 7:12-18:
12 One night, Yahweh appeared to Shelomoh in a dream and told him, “I’ve heard your prayer, and I’ve chosen this temple to be the place where my people will offer sacrifices to me. 13 If I restrain the skies so there’s no rain, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send disease among my people, 14 then if my people who are known by my name humble themselves and pray, and request my help and turn back from their evil ways, then I myself will hear them from the heavens, and I’ll forgive their sin, and I will heal their land. 15 My eyes will be open and my ears will be attentive to prayers offered towards this place, 16 as I’ve chosen and consecrated this temple to be associated with my name forever—I’ll be permanently present there. 17 Also, if you’ll obey me like your father David did, and do everything that I’ve instructed you, and keep my rules and regulations, 18 then I’ll ensure that your descendants rule your kingdom, just as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You won’t fail to have one of your descendants ruling over Yisrael.’
2Sam 7:13:
13 He’s the one who’ll build a temple for me, and I will make his descendents reign forever.