2 Chronicles 33:20
18 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
22 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
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- BSB
- And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- KJV
- So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
- WEB
- So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his place.
- ASV
- So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
- DARBY
- And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
- BLB
- And Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son reigned in his place.
- ÅB
- Og Manasse la seg til hvile hos sine fedre, og de begravde ham i hans hus; og hans sønn Amon ble konge i hans sted.
- OTB
- Så la Manasse seg til hvile med sine fedre, og de gravla ham i hans hus, og hans sønn Amon ble konge i hans sted.
- B1930
- Og Manasse la sig til hvile hos sine fedre, og de begravde ham i hans hus; og hans sønn Amon blev konge i hans sted.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 1:10
Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
Read in context2 Kings 21:18–25
And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:14
Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:33
And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
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