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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.

Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father Manasseh had done.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , as his father Manasseh did.

For he walked entirely in the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.

And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

So he abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord .

And the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house.

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

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?

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?