Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
Parallel translations
- WEB Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
- KJV Amon his son, Josiah his son.
- NKJV Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
- NASB Amon, his son, and Josiah, his son.
- NLT Amon, and Josiah.
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Quick answer
The line continued through Amon and then Josiah. It names the kings leading toward the end of the monarchy.
Overview
Amon was wicked, but his son Josiah led one of Judah's greatest reformations and renewed covenant faithfulness (2 Kings 22-23). The Chronicler records this descent as the monarchy nears its decline. Josiah's faithfulness shines as a foretaste of the righteous reign that God's people awaited in the coming Messiah.
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- 2 Kgs 23:30From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
- 2 Chr 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
- 2 Kgs 21:19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
- Jer 22:18Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
- 2 Kgs 21:26And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kgs 23:34Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
- Matt 1:10–11Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
- 2 Chr 33:20–21And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Jer 22:11For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
- 2 Chr 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
- 2 Chr 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
- 2 Chr 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
- 2 Kgs 24:17–18Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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