Bible verse
but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
2 Chronicles 33:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Chronicles 33.
19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
20 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
22 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
23 but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
24 Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
25 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
KJV
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
ASV
And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
ERV
And he humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
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