Like Father, Like Son

King Amon

Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled; but Amon trespassed more and more. And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.-2 Chronicles 33:21-25***Judah was the 4th son born to Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah. Over 1,200 years after Judah was born, Manasseh was born into the tribe of Judah to King Hezekiah and Hephzibah. Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. Hezekiah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather King David was the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Abraham was a friend of God, and David was a man after God's own heart, and among Judah's kings, Hezekiah had unparalleled trust in the Lord God. When Manasseh was 12 years old, he became the 13th king to rule Judah, and Manasseh was the most wicked king to rule the kingdom. Sometime during Manasseh's 55-year reign, the Lord God allowed the Assyrians to capture Manasseh and take him to Babylon, a nation under Assyrian control. While in captivity, Manasseh humbled himself before the face of the Lord God, and prayed to the Lord God, and the Lord God returned Manasseh to  Jerusalem, the royal city. Manasseh removed the idolatrous images and altars from Jerusalem, including those he had placed on the inside and outside of the temple of the Lord God that was built by David's son and successor King Solomon. After Manasseh died, Amon, the son born to Manasseh and Meshullemeth, became the 14th king to rule Judah. After Amon was murdered by his officials, the Israelites established Josiah, the son born to Amon and Jedidah, as king. When Josiah died after being wounded by Egyptian archers, the Israelites placed Jehoahaz, the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, as king. In the 3rd month of Jehoahaz's reign, Pharaoh Necho (Nechoh) took Jehoahaz out of Jerusalem and set Jehoiakim (Eliakim), the son born to Josiah and Zebudah, as king, and Jehoahaz died in Egypt. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. After Jehoiakim died, Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, became the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar placed Zedekiah (Mattaniah), another son born to Josiah and Hamutal, as king. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 125 years earlier, King Pekah became the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land. During Pekah's 20-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the 9th year of the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:20, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Isaiah 41:1-29, Jeremiah 15:1-21, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, James 2:1-26

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