16. Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the lord’s sight.
17. The rest of the events in Manasseh’s reign and everything he did, including the sins he committed, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
18. When Manasseh died, he was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon became the next king.
19. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah.
20. He did what was evil in the lord’s sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done.
21. He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped.
22. He abandoned the lord, the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the lord’s ways.
23. Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
24. But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
25. The rest of the events in Amon’s reign and what he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
26. He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Josiah became the next king.