20. Manasseh died and was buried near the palace, and his son Amon became king.
21. Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for two years.
22. Amon disobeyed the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done, and he worshipped and offered sacrifices to the idols his father had made.
23. Manasseh had turned back to the Lord, but Amon refused to do that. Instead, he sinned even more than his father.
24. Some of Amon's officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace.
25. But the people of Judah killed the murderers of Amon and made his son Josiah king.