GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Isn't everything else about Amon-the things he did-written in the official record of the kings of Judah?

King James Bible
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?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the rest of the acts of Amen which he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

Darby Bible Translation
And the rest of the acts of Amon, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

English Revised Version
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?

Webster's Bible Translation
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?

World English Bible
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Young's Literal Translation
And the rest of the matters of Amon that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Cross References

2 Kings 21:24 Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

2 Kings 21:26 He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Verses 19-26

Here is a short account of the short and inglorious reign of Amon, the son of Manasseh. Whether Manasseh, in his blind and brutish zeal for his idols, had sacrificed his other sons-or whether, having been dedicated to his idols, they were refused by the people-so it was that his successor was a son not born till he was forty-five years old. And of him we are here told, 1. That his reign was very wicked: He forsook the God of his fathers (v. 22), disobeyed the commands given to his fathers, and disclaimed the covenant made with his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord, but in all the way which his father walked in, v. 20, 21. He trod in the steps of his father's idolatry, and revived that which he, in the latter end of his days, had put down. Note, Those who set bad examples, though they may repent themselves, yet cannot be sure that those whom they have drawn into sin by their example will repent; it is often otherwise. 2. That his end was very tragical. He having rebelled against God, his own servants conspired against him and slew him, probably upon some personal disgust, when he had reigned but two years, v. 23. His servants, who should have guarded him, murdered him; his own house, that should have been his castle of defence, was the place of his execution. He had profaned God's house with his idols, and now God suffered his own house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever those were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Two things the people of the land did, by their representatives, hereupon:-(1.) They did justice on the traitors that had slain the king, and put them to death; for, though he was a bad king, he was their king, and it was a part of their allegiance to him to avenge his death. Thus they cleared themselves from having any hand in the crime, and did what was incumbent on them to deter others from the like villainous practices. (2.) They did a kindness to themselves in making Josiah his son king in his stead, whom probably the conspirators had a design to put by, but the people stood by him and settled him in the throne, encouraged, it may be, by the indications he gave, even in his early days, of a good disposition. Now they made a happy change from one of the worst to one of the best of all the kings of Judah. "Once more," says God, "they shall be tried with a reformation; and, if that succeed, well; if not, then after that I will cut them down." Amon was buried in the same garden where his father was, v. 26. If his father put himself under that humiliation, the people will put him under it.

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