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2 Kings 21:19

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Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 2 Kings 21

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

on 2 Kings 21:19-23

There is no sin more grievous than idolatry, for it is an impiety against God, and yet even this sin has been forgiven, on sincere repentance. But if anyone sins in direct opposition and on purpose to try whether God will punish the wicked or not, such a one shall have no remission, although he says to himself, "All is well, and I will walk according to the customs of my evil heart." Such a one was Amon the son of Manasseh.

This site's exposition

twenty and two years old

on 2 Kings 21:19-22

Amon takes the throne at twenty two and reigns only two years, doing evil as his father Manasseh did before Manasseh's own late repentance recorded in Chronicles. He walks in his father's way and serves the idols Manasseh had served, without walking in his father's late turn back to the Lord: the son repeats the sin and skips the repentance. Verse 22 states it plainly, he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, the same fathers whose God Manasseh himself returned to before his death.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Amon was twenty two years old when he began to reign,.... Being born in the forty fifth of his father's life, and in the thirty third of his reign: and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; which, as Abarbinel observes, was the usual time the sons of wicked kings reigned, and instances in the son of Jeroboam, Baasha, and Ahab, 1Ki 15:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

He reigned two years in Jerusalem - The remark of the rabbins is not wholly without foundation, that the sons of those kings who were idolaters, and who succeeded their fathers, seldom reigned more than two years. So Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, 1Ki 15:25; Elah, the son of Baasha, 1Ki 16:8; Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, 1Ki 22:51; and Amon, the son of Manasseh, as mentioned here, 2Ki 21:19.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וּשְׁתַּ֤יִםand two

    ushetayimH8147 →768 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • אָמ֣וֹןAmon

    ʾamonH526 →17 times

  • בְּמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he

    bemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וּשְׁתַּ֣יִםand two

    ushetayimH8147 →768 times

  • שָׁנִ֔יםyears

    shanimH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034 →864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517 →220 times

  • מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת[was] Meshullemeth

    meshulemetH4922 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • חָר֖וּץHaruz

    charutzH2743 →

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • יָטְבָֽה׃Jotbah

    yatevahH3192 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 33:21–23Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.3 works1 Chronicles 3:14Amon his son, and Josiah his son.3 works1 Kings 22:51In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.2 works2 Kings 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.2 works1 Kings 15:25In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.2 worksMatthew 1:10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 22:51

    In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 15:25

      In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:25

    In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:20

      And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

    • 1 Kings 14:12

      As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 3:14

    Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:30

      From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him,…

    • 2 Chronicles 34:1

      Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

    • 2 Kings 24:17–18

      Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

    • 2 Chronicles 36:5

      Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

    • 2 Kings 23:34

      Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he…

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Apostolic Constitutions, CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.23; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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