19 Amon was twenty-two when he became king, and he reigned from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) for two years. (His mother was Haruts’s daughter Meshulemet from Yotvah.) 20 He did what Yahweh had said was evil, just like his father Menasheh (Manasseh) had done. 21 In fact, he followed everything that his father had done, including serving the same idols and bowing to them. 22 He abandoned Yahweh, the god of his ancestors, and didn’t obey his instructions.

23 But Amon’s servants plotted to assassinate him, and they killed him in the palace. 24 However, the people executed everyone who’d been involved in the conspiracy against King Amon, and they installed his son Yoshiyah (Josiah) as king in his place.

25 Everything else that Amon said and did is written in the book of the events of the kings of Yehudah (Judah). 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden made by Uza, and his son Yoshiyah replaced him as king.