9 Apr 2014
King Amon
How He Became King: After his father Manasseh died
When He Began Reigning: 22 years old
Reign Length: 2 years
Ruled Over: Judah
Type of King: Evil
Prophet: Uncertain
Death: Murdered by his servants
Burial: Buried in the garden of Uzza
After Manasseh died, his son Amon became king. He began reigning when he was 22 years old, and he ruled over Judah for two years. He was a wicked king:
2 Kings 21:19: “Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.”
Amon was murdered by his own servants in his own house:
2 Chronicles 33:24: “And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.”
After he was murdered, the servants who killed him were put to death. Amon was buried in the garden of Uzza:
2 Kings 21:26: “And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.”
The people then made Amon’s son Josiah king over Judah.