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Adonai spoke this message through his servants the prophets:

"Because M'nasheh king of Y'hudah has done these disgusting things; because he has done things more wicked than anything the Emori, who were there before him, did; also because with his idols he made Y'hudah sin;

Moreover, M'nasheh shed so much innocent blood that he flooded Yerushalayim from one end to the other — this in addition to his sin through which he caused Y'hudah to sin by doing what is evil from Adonai 's perspective.

Other activities of M'nasheh, all his accomplishments and the sin he committed are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Y'hudah.

Then M'nasheh slept with his ancestors and was buried in the garden of his own house, the Garden of ‘Uza; and Amon his son took his place as king.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for two years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Meshulemet the daughter of Harutz from Yotvah.

He did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, as had M'nasheh his father.

He followed entirely the manner of life of his father, serving the idols that his father served and worshipping them.

He abandoned Adonai , the God of his ancestors, and did not live in Adonai 's way.

Amon's servants conspired against him and put the king to death in his own palace.

But the people of the land put to death all those who had been part of the conspiracy against King Amon. Then the people of the land made Yoshiyahu his son king in place of him.

Amon was buried in his tomb in the Garden of Uza, and Yoshiyahu his son took his place as king.

Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for thirty-one years in Yerushalayim. His mother's name was Y'didah the daughter of ‘Adayah from Botzkat.

He did what was right from Adonai 's perspective, living entirely in the manner of David his ancestor and turning away neither to the right nor to the left.

After the king had heard what was written in the scroll of the Torah, he tore his clothes.

The king stood on the platform and made a covenant in the presence of Adonai to live following Adonai , observing his mitzvot, instructions and regulations wholeheartedly and with all his being, so as to confirm the words of the covenant written in this scroll. All the people stood, pledging themselves to keep the covenant.

He desecrated the Tofet fire pit in the Ben-Hinnom Valley, so that no one could cause his son or daughter to pass through fire [as a sacrifice] to Molekh.

He replied, "Let him be; no one is to move his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed, along with the bones of the prophet who had come from Shomron.

No previous king was like him; because he turned to Adonai with all his heart, with all his being and with all his power, in accordance with all the Torah of Moshe; nor did any king like him arise afterwards.

Nevertheless, Adonai did not turn away from his fiercely raging, furious anger that burned against Y'hudah because of all the things M'nasheh had done to provoke him.