19. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.
20. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, as his father Manasseh had done.
21. He walked in all the ways of his father; he served the idols his father had served, and bowed down to them.
22. He abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
23. Officials of Amon plotted against him and killed the king in his palace,
24. but the people of the land then slew all who had plotted against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his stead.
25. The rest of the acts of Amon, which he did, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
26. He was buried in his own grave in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah succeeded him as king.