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Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in
his palace. 24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against
King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
25
The rest of the events in Amon’s reign and what he did are recorded in The
Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. 26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Josiah became the next king.
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2 Chronicles 33:21-25
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. 22He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done. He worshiped and sacrificed to all the idols his father had
made. 23But unlike his father, he did not humble himself before the LORD.
Instead, Amon sinned even more.
24
Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in
his palace. 25But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against
King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.
21
Josiah Rules in Judah / 2 Kings 22:1-2 / 641 BC
1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem
thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.
2
He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight and followed the example of his
ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
2 Chronicles 34:1-7
1
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem
thirty-one years. 2He did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight and followed the
example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
3
During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to
seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify
Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and
the carved idols and cast images. 4He ordered that the altars of Baal be demolished and that the incense altars which stood above them be broken down. He
also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images
were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to
them. 5He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he
purified Judah and Jerusalem.
6
He did the same thing in the towns of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even
as far as Naphtali, and in the regions* all around them. 7He destroyed the pagan
altars and the Asherah poles, and he crushed the idols into dust. He cut down all
the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Finally, he returned to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah’s ministry began in the thirteenth year of King Josiah’s reign in Judah.
The Prophecy of Jeremiah / Jeremiah 1:1-3 / 627 BC
1
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 2 The LORD first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.* 3 The
LORD’s messages continued throughout the reign of King Jehoiakim, Josiah’s son,
34:6 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads in their temples, or in their ruins. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
1:2 The thirteenth year of Josiah’s reign was 627 B.C.
