His servants conspired. So also Joash and Amaziah had been punished, the latter avenging the death of his father on those servants who had caused it ( 2 Kings 1:14 :5; 2 Chronicles 24:25 , 2 Chronicles 24:26 ; 2 Chronicles 25:27 ). read more
The people of the land . The emphatic expression here used (as also in the parallel), with its repetition in same verse malting it more so, may either betray the unfortunate sympathy that the worse element of the nation felt with the bad king and his evil ways, or it may mean that the healthier element of the people insisted on the right respect being observed to the proper succession. The conduct of Josiah from very tender years, which could not have been entirely his own, but must be... read more
2 Chronicles 33:22. He did that which was evil, as did Manasseh his father That is, as Manasseh had done in the days of his apostacy. They who think the wickedness of Amon an evidence that Manasseh did not truly repent, forget how many good kings had wicked sons. Manasseh, however, seems to have been very deficient in this after his repentance, that when he cast out the images, he did not utterly deface and destroy them, according to the law, which required them to burn the images with... read more
2 Chronicles 33:23. And humbled not himself &c. He fell, like his father, but did not rise again like him. It is not so much sin, as impenitence in sin, that ruins men; not so much that they have offended, as that they do not humble themselves for, and forsake their offences; not the disease, but the neglect of the remedy. But Amon trespassed more and more Increased in wickedness of every kind, and especially in his attachment to various and abominable idolatries. They that were... read more
2 Chronicles 33:24. His servants conspired against him He rebelled against God, and his own servants rebelled against him, and that when he had reigned but two years. Thus, though they were wicked, God was righteous. Perhaps when he sinned, as his father did, in the beginning of his days, he promised himself that he would repent, as his father had done, in the latter end of his days. But if so, he was wretchedly mistaken, being cut off when he was young. And his case shows what madness it... read more
The evil of Manasseh and Amon (33:1-25)Manasseh receives the full blame for destroying all the good work that his father had done. Over his long reign of fifty-five years he dragged the nation down to its lowest spiritual condition ever. Although he made a brief attempt at reform towards the end of his life, he could not undo the damage of the previous half a century. Nor was any king after him able to reform Judah sufficiently to save it from judgment. Like Israel, Judah would go into... read more
Amon. Compare 1 Kings 21:19-24 . read more
but Amon = "but he Amon". trespassed more and more = he multiplied trespass. Hebrew. 'asham. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:21-25
Manasseh and Amen-father and son: a parallel and a contrast. I. MANASSEH AND AMON RESEMBLED EACH OTHER . Both were: 1 . Men. No higher dignity attainable on earth than that of manhood; higher than any purely temporal or social distinction is that of having been made in the Divine image. 2 . Kings. Though often desecrated and abused, the position of a sovereign is one of great honour and responsibility. As vicegerents of Jehovah, the theocratic potentates of Israel and... read more