2Ch 33:23 | KingComments | STEP | Amon, the son of Manasseh, becomes king when he is twenty-two years old ( ). He reigns only two years in Jerusalem. That is enough to get to know him as one to whom the general characteristic of the kings of Israel applies: “He did evil in the sight of the LORD” ( ). He shows that he learned nothing from his father’s conversion. He does the sins that his father did before his conversion. He sacrifices to the idols his father made. Perhaps Manasseh did remove the idols in his restoration, but did not destroy them. It may be that there have been so many of them that he has not been able to destroy them all. Sometimes we can’t undo everything we’ve done wrong in earlier years. Amon follows his father in evil and not in good. He does not humiliate himself as his father has humiliated himself ( ). As a result, he makes his guilt even greater. It says emphatically “Amon” does it. It is this Amon, the man who occupies such a privileged and at the same time responsible place in God’s people. Amon does not die a natural death. He is the victim of a conspiracy of his servants, who kill him in his own house ( ). Unlike Manasseh, he is not given the opportunity to convert later in his life. No one knows the day of his death. It is therefore important to tell people that every day can be the last and that conversion should not be postponed until tomorrow. God uses the sense of justice of the people of the land to prevent the land from sinking into anarchy. The people of the land act according to the law and kill the conspirators ( ). Then they make the son of Amon, Josiah, king instead of his father.

‏ 2 Chronicles 33:23

Amon King of Judah

Amon, the son of Manasseh, becomes king when he is twenty-two years old (2Chr 33:21). He reigns only two years in Jerusalem. That is enough to get to know him as one to whom the general characteristic of the kings of Israel applies: “He did evil in the sight of the LORD” (2Chr 33:22). He shows that he learned nothing from his father’s conversion. He does the sins that his father did before his conversion.

He sacrifices to the idols his father made. Perhaps Manasseh did remove the idols in his restoration, but did not destroy them. It may be that there have been so many of them that he has not been able to destroy them all. Sometimes we can’t undo everything we’ve done wrong in earlier years.

Amon follows his father in evil and not in good. He does not humiliate himself as his father has humiliated himself (2Chr 33:23). As a result, he makes his guilt even greater. It says emphatically “Amon” does it. It is this Amon, the man who occupies such a privileged and at the same time responsible place in God’s people.

Amon does not die a natural death. He is the victim of a conspiracy of his servants, who kill him in his own house (2Chr 33:24). Unlike Manasseh, he is not given the opportunity to convert later in his life. No one knows the day of his death. It is therefore important to tell people that every day can be the last and that conversion should not be postponed until tomorrow.

God uses the sense of justice of the people of the land to prevent the land from sinking into anarchy. The people of the land act according to the law and kill the conspirators (2Chr 33:25). Then they make the son of Amon, Josiah, king instead of his father.