2 Kings 21:19-26

Amon Reigns in Judah Only Two Years

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother [was] Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah.

20 He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh as Manasseh his father had done.

21 He walked in all of the way which his father had walked, and he served the idols which his father had served and bowed down to them.

22 He abandoned Yahweh the God of his ancestors and did not walk in the way of Yahweh.

23 The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.

24 But the people of the land killed all who conspired against the king and made Josiah his son king in his place.

25 The remainder of the acts of Amon that he did, [are] they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?

26 They buried him in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in place of him.

2 Kings 21:19-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 21

In this chapter a short history is given of the two wicked reigns of Manasseh and Amon; Manasseh is charged with great idolatry, with enchantments and witchcrafts, and seducing the children of Israel, 2Ki 21:1-9 and a prophecy is given out of the destruction of Jerusalem for his sins, 2Ki 21:10-16, and an account is given of his death and burial, 2Ki 21:17,18, and of his son and successor Amon, and the evils committed by him, 2Ki 21:19-22 and of the conspiracy against his life, which succeeded, and Josiah his son reigned in his stead, 2Ki 21:23-26.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "fathers"