KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
WEB World English Bible
Amon was twenty-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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A son of twenty and two years is Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 21
16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD.
17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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.
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בֶּן־H1121 · benson: childעֶשְׂרִ֨יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוּשְׁתַּ֤יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoשָׁנָה֙H8141 · sha.nehyearאָמ֣וֹןH526 · a.monAmonבְּמָלְכ֔וֹH4427 · ma.lakhto reignוּשְׁתַּ֣יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoשָׁנִ֔יםH8141 · sha.nehyearמָלַ֖ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameאִמּ֔וֹH517 · emmotherמְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶתH4922 · me.shul.le.metMeshullemethבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterחָר֖וּץH2743 · cha.rutsHaruzמִן־H4480 · minfromיָטְבָֽה׃H3192 · yot.vahJotbah
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 33:21-23Amon [was] two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.Matthew 1:10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;1 Kings 16:8In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.1 Chronicles 3:14Amon his son, Josiah his son.1 Kings 15:25And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.1 Kings 22:51Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.2 Kings 15:23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] two years.
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