2 Chronicles 33:21

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

In Context

20So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

22He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

2 Chronicles 33:20So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body to rest in his house, and Amon his son became king in his place.

James 4:13How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:12-21

11 Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. 14 Now after this he built a wall… Read the whole commentary →

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