But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
NIV
So Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the heathen whom the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
AMP
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
KJV
He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words:
NIV
And he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying
AMP
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
KJV