Amon’s Reign and Death^(A)

²¹ Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. ²² He practiced what the Lord considered to be evil, just as his father Manasseh had done, sacrificing to and serving all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made, ²³ except that he never humbled himself to the Lord like his father Manasseh had done. In fact, Amon multiplied his own guilt ²⁴ until his servants finally conspired against him and executed him in his own palace. ²⁵ But the people of the land executed all of the conspirators against King Amon and installed his son Josiah as king to succeed him.