Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination
2 Chronicles 33:21-25
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2 C.33.21 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- ושתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- אמון: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- במלכו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
- ושתים: NUM,f,pl,abs
- שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- בירושלם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- 2 Kings 21:19 (verbal): Parallel account of Amon’s age and length of reign—same data (he was 22 when he began to reign and reigned two years in Jerusalem).
- 2 Kings 21:1 (thematic): Manasseh, Amon’s father, is given in the same royal formula (age at accession and years of reign); provides familial and narrative contrast (Manasseh’s long reign vs. Amon’s brief reign).
- 2 Chronicles 33:24 (structural): Continues the immediate narrative about Amon (his assassination by servants) and thus connects the brief two‑year reign stated in 33:21 with its violent end in the Chronicler’s account.
- 1 Kings 15:25 (thematic): Example of another very short royal reign reported with the same formula (Nadab reigned two years); thematically parallels the motif of brief, often ill‑fated reigns in the Deuteronomistic/royal narratives.
Alternative generated candidates
- Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
- Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
2 C.33.22 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויעש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- הרע: ADJ,m,sg,def
- בעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- כאשר: CONJ
- עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אביו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
- ולכל: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הפסילים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- עשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
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- זבח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אמון: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ויעבדם: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl+obj3mp
Parallels
- 2 Kings 21:20-21 (verbal): Direct parallel wording — Amon 'did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done' and 'sacrificed to all the idols that Manasseh his father had made.'
- 2 Kings 21:1-18 (thematic): Background description of Manasseh's extensive idolatry (altars, Asherah, child sacrifice, sorcery) — the practices Amon is said to have continued.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1-9 (thematic): Chronicle's fuller account of Manasseh's wicked deeds (building altars, filling Jerusalem with blood) which provides the context for the idols Amon served.
- 2 Kings 21:23-26 (structural): Continuation of the parallel account showing Amon's assassination and burial and the succession (Josiah), matching the narrative sequence found in Chronicles.
Alternative generated candidates
- He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done; and to all the carved images that Manasseh his father had made, Amon sacrificed and served them.
- He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done; and to all the carved images that Manasseh his father had made, Amon offered sacrifice and served them.
2 C.33.23 - Details
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Morphology
- ולא: CONJ
- נכנע: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
- מלפני: PREP
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- כהכנע: VERB,hithpael,perf,3,ms,sg
- מנשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אביו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
- כי: CONJ
- הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
- אמון: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- הרבה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- אשמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 (thematic): Manasseh’s account of being humbled and repenting before the LORD — the explicit contrast to Amon, who “did not humble himself.”
- 2 Kings 21:19-20 (verbal): Parallel (Kings) narrative with nearly identical wording: Amon did not humble himself before the LORD as Manasseh had, and is described as very guilty.
- 2 Chronicles 33:24-25 (structural): Immediate continuation in Chronicles describing Amon’s evil deeds and assassination — the negative outcome tied to his failure to humble himself.
- 2 Kings 21:18-26 (structural): Broader Kings narrative covering the reigns of Manasseh and Amon (their evil, Manasseh’s restoration in Chronicles/Kings, and Amon’s murder), offering the parallel historical framework for the contrast in 2 Chr 33:23.
Alternative generated candidates
- He did not humble himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; for Amon only increased the guilt.
- He did not humble himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; for he was exceedingly guilty.
2 C.33.24 - Details
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Morphology
- ויקשרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
- עבדיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3ms
- וימיתהו: VERB,hif,impf,3,m,sg,clit:3,m,sg
- בביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
Parallels
- 2 Kings 21:23 (verbal): Direct literary parallel describing Amon’s death: servants conspired and killed him in his house — essentially the same wording and event as 2 Chr 33:24.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 (verbal): Joash (Jehoash) is likewise said to have been conspired against and slain by his own servants — similar phrasing and motif of palace assassination by insiders.
- 2 Kings 15:25 (structural): Pekah’s conspiracy against and murder of King Pekahiah in the king’s house echoes the pattern of an internal plot and killing within the royal residence.
- Psalm 55:12-14 (thematic): Though poetic, these verses lament close-betrayal and conspiracy by intimate associates — thematically resonant with the motif of servants conspiring against a ruler and the pain of treachery from within.
Alternative generated candidates
- And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his house.
- And his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his house.
2 C.33.25 - Details
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Morphology
- ויכו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- עם: PREP
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- את: PRT,acc
- כל: DET
- הקשרים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- על: PREP
- המלך: NOUN,m,sg,def
- אמון: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- וימליכו: VERB,hiph,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
- עם: PREP
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- את: PRT,acc
- יאשיהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בנו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- תחתיו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
Parallels
- 2 Kings 21:23-26 (quotation): Parallel narrative in Kings of Amon’s assassination and the people setting Josiah his son on the throne; language and sequence closely correspond to Chronicles’ account.
- 2 Chronicles 33:24 (structural): Immediate context in Chronicles that describes the removal and killing of Amon and so forms the direct narrative context for v.25’s report of Josiah’s accession.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1-2 (thematic): Later summary of Josiah’s accession and early reign (age and length of reign), continuing the account that begins with his being made king in 33:25.
- 2 Kings 11:12-16 (thematic): Parallel pattern: popular action to remove a usurper/kill conspirators and install the rightful heir (Joash) — similar social/political mechanism to the people making Josiah king.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 (allusion): Genealogical listing that names Josiah as son of Amon, confirming the dynastic relationship behind the Chronicle’s report of succession.
Alternative generated candidates
- Then the people of the land struck down all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- Then the people of the land struck down all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done; and to all the idols that Manasseh his father had made, Amon sacrificed and served them.
He did not humble himself before the LORD as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but Amon increased his guilt greatly. And his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his house.
Then the people of the land struck down all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.