^{18 Ref} So Manasseh went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son became king in his place.

^{19 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.

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

^{24 Ref} 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.

^{25 Ref} Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?