He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as his father had done.
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, following the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, as his father Manasseh had done.
He walked in all the ways of his father; he served the idols his father had served, and bowed down to them.
At that time officers of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
He prowled among the lions, became a young lion; He learned to tear apart prey, he devoured people.