^{21 Ref} Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.

^{22 Ref} He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done; and Amon made offerings to all the images which his father Manasseh had made, and was their servant.

^{23 Ref} He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.