"But he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the …" — 2 Chronicles 33:22

2 Chronicles 33:22 · KJV

“But he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;”

— 2 Chronicles 33:22

Verse 21

Amon {was} two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

Verse 23

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. {trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass}

2 Chronicles 33 — Context

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

Amon {was} two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

But he did {that which was} evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. {trespassed more and more: Heb. multiplied trespass}

And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:20

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

Isaiah 44:13-20

The carpenter stretcheth out {his} rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

2 Chronicles 34:3-4

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

Ezekiel 20:18

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

2 Chronicles 33:1-10

Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

2 Kings 21:1-11

Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hephzibah.