2 Kings 21:19-25
New American Standard Bible
Amon Succeeds Manasseh
19 (A)Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, (B)just as his father Manasseh had done. 21 For he walked [a]entirely in the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them. 22 So (C)he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord. 23 And (D)the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. 24 Then (E)the people of the land [b]killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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- 2 Kings 21:21 Lit in all the way that
- 2 Kings 21:24 Lit struck
2 Kings 21:19-25
Common English Bible
Amon rules Judah
19 Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled for two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth; she was Haruz’s daughter and was from Jotbah. 20 He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, just as his father Manasseh had done. 21 He walked in all the ways his father had walked. He worshipped the same worthless idols his father had worshipped, bowing down to them. 22 He deserted his ancestors’ God, the Lord—he didn’t walk in the Lord’s way.
23 Amon’s officials plotted against him and assassinated the king in his palace. 24 The people of the land then executed all those who had plotted against King Amon and made his son Josiah the next king. 25 The rest of Amon’s deeds, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings?
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