²¹Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. ²²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
21. in Jerusalem] The Chronicler omits here the name of Amon’s mother; compare verse 1.
²³And he humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed[¹] more and more. ²⁴And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
[¹] Or, became guilty.
23. And he humbled not himself] This verse is not in Kings.
trespassed] Render, became guilty (so margin); compare xix. 10, xxiv. 18, xxviii. 10, 13.
²⁵But 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.
25. slew] Render, smote. The Hebrew word suggests that there was a conflict between the people and the conspirators.