The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 33:21 Explained

2 Chronicles 33:21

KJV: Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

YLT: A son of twenty and two years is Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

Darby: Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

ASV: Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Amon  [was] two  and twenty  years  old  when he began to reign,  and reigned  two  years  in Jerusalem. 

What does 2 Chronicles 33:21 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 33:14-25 - Humbled Father, But Self-Willed Son
Manasseh apparently did his best to undo the evil he had wrought in Jerusalem. So far as the idols and other symbols of idolatry were concerned, it was comparatively easy to take them away. But notwithstanding all his endeavors, the people still sacrificed in high places; and his son Amon perpetuated the memory of his father's sins, making no effort to repeat his repentance and tears. Though Manasseh commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the people continued to worship amid the impure and degrading associations to which he had accustomed them.
It is easier to scatter thistle-down than gather it up. There are great thistle tracts in Australia, which would never have arisen but for the careless act of a Scotch settler, who imported from his native land one specimen of the national emblem. Take care of your influence. It is easier to set stones rolling than to stop them. It is recorded of a dean of St. Paul's in London, that he was never seen to smile, because in his early life he had written verses of a sensual character, the circulation of which he was unable to arrest. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 33

1  Manasseh's wicked reign
3  He sets up idolatry, and will not be admonished
11  He is carried into Babylon
12  Upon his prayer to God he is released and puts down idolatry
18  His acts
20  He dying, Amon succeeds him
21  who is slain by his servants
25  The murderers being slain, Josiah succeeds him

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 33:21 mean?

Old twenty and two years old Amon [was] when he became king years he reigned in Jerusalem
בֶּן־ עֶשְׂרִ֧ים וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם שָׁנָ֖ה אָמ֣וֹן בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם

בֶּן־  Old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּשְׁתַּ֛יִם  and  two 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
שָׁנָ֖ה  years  old 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
אָמ֣וֹן  Amon  [was] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָמֹון  
Sense: a king of Judah, son of Manasseh.
בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ  when  he  became  king 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
שָׁנִ֔ים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
מָלַ֖ךְ  he  reigned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם  in  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.

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