2 Kings 21:19

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from the town of Jotbah.

2 Kings 21:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:19

And Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign,
&c.] Being born in the forty fifth of his father's life, and in the thirty third of his reign:

and he reigned two years in Jerusalem;
which, as Abarbinel observes, was the usual time the sons of wicked kings reigned, and instances in the son of Jeroboam, Baasha, and Ahab, ( 1 Kings 15:25 ) ( 16:8 ) ( 22:51 ) . An Arabic writer ^F11 says, he reigned twelve years, but according to the Jews only two:

and his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of
Jotbah;
there was a place called Jotbath, which was one of the stations of the children of Israel in the wilderness, ( Numbers 33:33 ) ( Deuteronomy 10:7 ) but it can scarcely be thought to be the same place.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. Dyn. 3. p. 67.

2 Kings 21:19 In-Context

17 Everything else that Manasseh did, including the sins he committed, is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.]

18 Manasseh died and was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza, and his son Amon succeeded him as king.

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from the town of Jotbah.

20 Like his father Manasseh, he sinned against the Lord;

21 he imitated his father's actions, and he worshiped the idols that his father had worshiped.