19 Amon was twenty-two e years old when he became king , and he reigned two years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah . 20 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , as Manasseh his father had done . 21 For he walked in all the way that his father had walked , and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them. 22 So he forsook the Lord , the God of his fathers , and did not walk in the way of the Lord . 23 The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house . 24 Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon , and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place . 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Judah ? 26 He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza , and Josiah his son became king in his place .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 21:19-26
Commentary on 2 Kings 21:19-26
(Read 2 Kings 21:19-26)
Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Now was a happy change from one of the worst, to one of the best of the kings of Judah. Once more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in their sins, all must perish who persist in refusing to walk in his ways.