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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:21-25

We have little recorded concerning Amon, but enough unless it were better. Here is, I. His great wickedness. He did as Manasseh had done in the days of his apostasy, 2 Chron. 33:22. Those who think this an evidence that Manasseh did not truly repent forget how many good kings had wicked sons. Only it should seem that Manasseh was in this defective, that, when he cast out the images, he did not utterly deface and destroy them, according to the law which required Israel to burn the images with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:20-25

So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house ,.... That is, in the garden of his house; see Gill on 2 Kings 21:18 ; there; to which may be added, that the Jews F19 Cippi Heb. p. 43. in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks F20 Plato in Minoe. and Romans F21 Servius in Virgil. Aeneid. 5. "praeterea si nova", & in l. 6. "sedibus hunc refer", &c.; , to bury the dead in their own houses; hence... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:21

Amon - reigned two years - See on 2 Kings 21:19 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:22

Sacrificed unto all the carved images - How astonishing is this! with his father's example before his eyes, he copies his father's vices, but not his repentance. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:23

Trespassed more and more - He appears to have exceeded his father, and would take no warning. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:24

His servants conspired against him - On what account we cannot tell. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 33:25

The people of the land slew all them - His murder was not a popular act, for the people slew the regicides. They were as prone to idolatry as their king was. We may rest satisfied that idolatry was accompanied with great licentiousness and sensual gratifications else it never, as a mere religious system, could have had any sway in the world. For an explanation of the term groves, 2 Chronicles 23:3 , see the observations at the end of 2 Kings 21:26 ; (note). I have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:21

The long reign of Manasseh of fifty-five years—a signal and merciful instance of space given for repentance—ended, his death met him presumably at the age of sixty-seven. The son who succeeded him was twenty-two years old, born therefore not before his father was forty-five years old. This may be an indication that it was indeed not one son only whom Manasseh "caused to pass through the fire" (verse 6). He emulated the sins of the former life of his father, but did not, like him, repent. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 33:21-25

The forfeited heritage. It is but very little we know or think of Amon: his name is unfamiliar, for his life was uneventful. And yet why should not he have had as happy, as glorious, as useful a career as David, or as Hezekiah, or as Josiah? He had a very fair opportunity before him, but he lost it by his own folly. Let us look at— I. THE GOLDEN CHANCE THAT WAS BEFORE HIM . He was heir to the throne of Judah. Measured by some monarchies, ancient and modern, that was small... read more

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