2 Chronicles 33:21

Two and twenty years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem.

Leeser Tanakh

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

20And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his stead.

22And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Menasseh his father had done; and unto all the carved images which Menasseh his father had made did Amon sacrifice, and them he served;

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:19Twenty and two years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charuz of Yotbah.

2 Chronicles 33:20And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his stead.

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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