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19 Amon was of two and twenty years, when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; the name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
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Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
20 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, had done.
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He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
21 And he went in all the way, by which his father had gone, and he served to [the] uncleannesses, that is, (the) idols, to which his father had served, and he worshipped those;
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He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them.
22 and he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and he went not in the way of the Lord.
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He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.
23 And his servants setted treasons to him, and killed the king in his house. (And his servants set treason against him, and killed the king in his own house.)
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Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.
24 Soothly the people of the Lord smote all the men, that had conspired against king Amon, and they ordained to them a king, Josiah, his son, for him. (And the people of the Lord struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they ordained for themselves Josiah, Amon's son, to be king in his place.)
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Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
25 Forsooth the residue of [the] words of Amon, (and all the things) which he did, whether these be not written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of the kings of Judah?
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As for the other events of Amon’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
26 And he slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the sepulchre in the garden of Uzza; and Josiah, his son, reigned for him.
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He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.
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