Amon his son, Josiah his son.
Parallel translations
- WEB Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
- BSB Amon his son, and 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 23:30And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
- 2 Chr 34:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
- 2 Kgs 21:19Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
- Jer 22:18Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
- 2 Kgs 21:26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Kgs 23:34And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
- Matt 1:10–11And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
- 2 Chr 33:20–21So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
- Jer 22:11For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
- 2 Chr 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:11Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
- 2 Kgs 24:17–18And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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