Bible Strands
2 Kings 21:19
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The biblical narrator records this succession detail immediately after Manasseh’s burial, addressing the readers of Kings as the royal line transitions to Amon.
The words — The text uses עֶשְׂרִים ('esrim) for "twenty" and שָׁנָה/שָׁנִים (shanah/shanim) for "year/years" to explicitly mark Amon’s age and the duration of his rule.
The thread — This chronological formula appears in the parallel account of 2 Chronicles 33:21 and mirrors the brief reign notation found in 1 Kings 15:25 and 1 Kings 16:8.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note the precise historical markers of Amon’s short reign and his maternal lineage before the narrative records his evil deeds.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 33:21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
- 1 Kings 15:25 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
- 1 Kings 16:8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
- 1 Kings 22:51 In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
- 2 Kings 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.
- 1 Chronicles 3:14 Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
- Matthew 1:10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,