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

¹⁹ Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for two years; his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

²⁰ He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

²¹ He went in all the ways of his father, being a servant and worshipper of the false gods to which his father had been a servant;

²² Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

²³ And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.

²⁴ But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he was ruling for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

²⁰ But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

¹³ How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

¹⁴ When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

¹⁵ But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.