2 Chronicles 33:18-25

33:18 The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets ¹  spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded ²  in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 33:19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. ³  33:20 Manasseh passed away ⁴  and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king.

Amon’s Reign

33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. ⁵  33:22 He did evil in the sight of ⁶  the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped ⁷  them. 33:23 He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. ⁸  Amon was guilty of great sin. ⁹  33:24 His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace. 33:25 The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they ¹⁰  made his son Josiah king in his place.

[33:18]  ¹ tn Or “seers.”

[33:18]  ² tn Heb “look, they are.”

[33:19]  ³ tn Heb “and his prayer and being entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness and the places where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself – behold, they are written on the words of his seers.”

[33:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[33:21]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:22]  ⁷ tn Or “served.”

[33:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “as Manasseh his father had humbled himself.”

[33:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “for he, Amon, multiplied guilt.”

[33:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the people of the land.”