"And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. …" — 2 Chronicles 33:23

2 Chronicles 33:23 · KJV

“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 33:23

Verse 22

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;

Verse 24

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

2 Chronicles 33 — Context

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.

But 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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and {how God} was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they {are} written among the sayings of the seers. {the seers: or, Hosai}

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. {I will...: or, In gathering I will consume}

2 Chronicles 33:1

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

Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

2 Chronicles 28:22

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this {is that} king Ahaz.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.