Verse 21

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:19-24 : 19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. 20 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. 21 Amon walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served and worshipped the idols his father had worshipped. 22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD. 23 Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. 24 But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made Josiah, his son, king in his place.
  • 2 Chr 33:1 : 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for fifty-five years.
  • Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and be merry.”' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'
  • Jas 4:13-15 : 13 Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.' 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'