2 Chronicles 33:18-25

18 The rest of the history of Manasseh - his prayer to his God, and the sermons the prophets personally delivered by authority of God, the God of Israel - this is all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
19 His prayer and how God was touched by his prayer, a list of all his sins and the things he did wrong, the actual places where he built the pagan shrines, the installation of the sex-goddess Asherah sites, and the idolatrous images that he worshiped previous to his conversion - this is all described in the records of the prophets.
20 When Manasseh died, they buried him in the palace garden. His son Amon was the next king.
21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He was king for two years in Jerusalem.
22 In God's opinion he lived an evil life, just like his father Manasseh,
23 but he never did repent to God as Manasseh repented. He just kept at it, going from one thing to another.
24 In the end Amon's servants revolted and assassinated him - killed the king right in his own palace.
25 The citizens in their turn then killed the king's assassins. The citizens then crowned Josiah, Amon's son, as king.

2 Chronicles 33:18-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 33

This chapter gives an account of the reign of Manasseh, of his idolatries and impieties, 2Ch 33:1-10, of his captivity, humiliation, repentance, and reformation, 2Ch 33:11-17 of his last end, death, and burial, 2Ch 33:18-20 and of the wicked reign of Amon his son, and of his death by his servants, 2Ch 33:21-25.

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