¹² In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled^(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

¹⁹ His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled^(A) himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.^[a](B)

²³ But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble^(A) himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.