2 Kings 21:19-25

Evangelical Heritage Version

Amon Son of Manasseh, King of Judah

¹⁹ Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king and he ruled for two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz from Jotbah.

²⁰ He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done. ²¹ He walked in all the ways in which his father had walked, and he served the filthy idols which his father had served, and he worshipped them. ²² He abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

²³ Amon’s servants conspired against him, and they killed the king in his palace. ²⁴ Then the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

²⁵ As for the rest of Amon’s acts, the things he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah?