His Story

Manasseh’s son, twenty-two at his accession, whose whole reign is six verses and one verb repeated: he served his father’s idols — all of them, the carved images of Manasseh’s worst years.

His Sin — How He Displeased the LORD

He repeated the first half of his father’s life and skipped the second: “he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more” (2 Chronicles 33:23).

The Good He Did

Scripture records none.

The LORD’s verdict

“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.”2 Kings 21:20 (KJV)

How His Reign Ended

His servants conspired and slew him in his own house after two years; the people of the land then executed the conspirators and crowned his eight-year-old son Josiah.

Lessons for Believers Today

• The most dangerous inheritance is a father’s sin without a father’s repentance. Amon heard the Manasseh story from the man himself — and chose only the first half.
• Two years is long enough to refuse mercy. The door that stood open for Manasseh in Babylon stood open in Jerusalem too.

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