20So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. …
Amon his son, Josiah his son.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-20)We have seen Manasseh by his wickedness undoing the good that his father had done; here we have him by repentance undoing the evil that he himself had done. It is strange that this was not so much as mentioned in the book of Kings , nor does any thing appear there to the contrary but that he persisted and perished in his son. But perhaps the reason was because the design of that history was to sho…
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