21:16 Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, 1 in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord. 2
21:17 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 3 21:18 Manasseh passed away 4 and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.
21:19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother 6 was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah. 21:20 He did evil in the sight of 7 the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. 21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father 8 and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols 9 which his father had worshiped. 10 21:22 He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions. 11 21:23 Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace. 21:24 The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they 12 made his son Josiah king in his place.
21:25 The rest of Amon’s accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 13 21:26 He was buried 14 in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “and also Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem from mouth to mouth.”
2 tn Heb “apart from his sin which he caused Judah to commit, by doing what is evil in the eyes of the
3 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Manasseh, and all which he did, and his sin which he committed, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
4 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
7 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
8 tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”
9 sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.
10 tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”
11 tn Heb “and did not walk in the way of the
12 tn Heb “the people of the land.” The pronoun “they” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid the repetition of the phrase “the people of the land” from the beginning of the verse.
13 tc Heb “As for the rest of the things of Amon which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?” Many Hebrew
14 tn Heb “he buried him.” Here “he” probably refers to Amon’s son Josiah.