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CAP. XXI.

[verse 21] And Ezechie slepte with his fadirs, and Manasses, his sone, regnede for hym. [verse 1] Of twelue ȝeer was Manasses, whanne he beganne to regnen, and fyue and fourty ȝeer he regnede in Jerusalem; the name of his modir, Asiba. [verse 2] And he dide euyl in the siȝt of the Lord, after the mawmettis of Gentils, the whiche the Lord dide aweye fro the face of the sonys of Yrael. [verse 3] And he is turned, and bylde [bieldide A.] up heeȝe thingis, the whiche Ezechie, his fadir, scatirde; and he rerede up the auters of Baal, and maad mawmett woddis, as dyde Achab, kyng of Yrael; and he honourede al the knyȝthod of heuen, and heryede it. [verse 4] And he maad up autirs in the hous of the Lord, of the whiche the Lord seide, In Jeru|salem I schal putten my name. [verse 5] And he maad up autirs of alle the knyȝthode of heuen in [and A.] two poorchis of the temple of [verse 6] the Lord; and he ouerladde his sone thorȝ fijr; and he dyuynede, and he weytide the dyuynynge of chiterynge of briddis; and maad enchaunteris, and clepers of deuyls he multiplied, that he dide euyl beforn the Lord, and terrede hym. [verse 7] And he putte the mawmett of the mawmett wodde, that he hadde maad, in to the temple of the Lord, vpon the whiche the Lord spac to Dauid, and to Salomon, his

sone, In this temple, and in Jerusalem that I haue chosen of alle the lynagis of Yrael, I schal putte my name vnto euer|more. [verse 8] And I schal make no more to be styred the fote of Yrael fro the lond that I ȝaue to the fadirs of hem; so neuer the later ȝif thei kepen in dede alle thingis that I bad hem, and al the lawe that Moyses, my seruaunt, comaundyde to hem. [verse 9] Thei forsothe herden not, bot ben bouȝt doun of Manasse, that thei don euyl ouer the Gentilis, the whiche the Lord to-trade fro the face of the sonys of Yrael. [verse 10] And the Lord spac in the hond [verse 11] of his seruauntis prophetis, seyinge, For Manasses, king of Juda, dyde alle thes abomynacyouns most euylouer alle thingis the whiche dyden Amorreis beforn hym, and also he maad Juda to synnen in his [verse 12] vnclennessis [vnclennesse B.] ; therfore thes thingis seith the Lord God of Yrael, Lo! I schal bryngen in euyls vpon Jerusalem and Judam, that who so euer heerith, bothe the eris of hym [verse 13] schal tynclyn; and I schal stretchen out vpon Jerusalem the lytyl coord of Sama|rye, and the birthen of the hous of Achab, and I schal don aweye Jerusalem, as tablis ben wont to ben don aweye; doynge aweye I schal turnen, and bryngyn ofter [efte B.] the poyntel vpon his face. [verse 14] For|sothe I schal leuen the relikis of myn herytage [eritages E.] , and schal taken hem in to the hond of his enmyes; and thei schul ben in waastite, and in rauyne to alle their [verse 15] aduersaries; for thi that thei dyden euyl beforn me, and dwelliden stedfast ter|rynge me, fro the day that their fadirs wenten out of Egipt vnto this day. [verse 16] Fer|thermore and Manasses schad myche gyltlesse blode ouer gretely, to the tyme that Jerusalem wer fulfyld vp to the mouthe, with oute his synnes in whiche he maad Judam to synnen, that he do yuel beforn the Lord. [verse 17] The remnaunt for|sothe

of the wordis of Manasse, and alle thingis that he dyde, and his synne that he synned, whether thes ben not wryten in the boke of the wordis of the days of kyngis of Juda? [verse 18] And Manasses slept with his fadirs, and is byryed in the gardyne of his hous, in the gardyn of Azam; and Amon, his sone, regned for hym. [verse 19] Of two and twenty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen; two forsothe ȝeer he regned in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Messalometh, douȝtir of Arus of Jethaba. [verse 20] And he dyde euyl in the siȝt of the Lord, as dydde Ma|nasses, his fadir. [verse 21] And he wente in al the weye, by the whiche his fadir wente, and he seruede in the vnclennessis [vnclennesse B.] in whiche serued his fadir, and honourede [verse 22] hem; and forsoke the Lord God of his fadirs, and wente not in the weye of the Lord. [verse 23] And his seruauntis benten to hym buschementis, and slewen the kyng in his hous. [verse 24] The [And the A.] puple forsothe of the lond smoote alle, that coniureden aȝeinus king Amon, and thei setten to hem king, Jo|siam, his sone, for him. [verse 25] The remnaunt forsothe of the wordis of Amon, that he dide, whether not thes ben writen in the boke of the wordes of the days of kyngis of Juda? [verse 26] And thei birieden him in his sepulcre in the gardyn of Aza; and Josias, his sone, regnede for hym.