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2 Chronicles 33:20–21

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¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
¶ Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
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From verse 20

  1. Matthew 1:10Rank 1 from verse 20
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    10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:14Rank 2 from verse 20
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    14Amon his son, Josiah his son.

  3. 2 Chronicles 32:33Rank 3 from verse 20
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    33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

  4. 2 Kings 21:18–25Rank 4 from verse 20
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    18And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

    19¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

    20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

    21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

    22And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

    23¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

    24And 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.

    25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

From verse 21

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:1Rank 1 from verse 21
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    1MANASSEH was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

  2. 2 Kings 21:19–24Rank 2 from verse 21
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    19¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

    20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.

    21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:

    22And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

    23¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

    24And 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.

  3. James 4:13–15Rank 3 from verse 21
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    13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

    14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

    15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

  4. Luke 12:19–20Rank 4 from verse 21
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    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

    20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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2 Chronicles 33:20

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slept

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Past-tense or past-participial form of sleep. Sense 1: Rested in natural sleep. Sense 2: By figure, lay in death.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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buried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of bury. Sense 1: Laid a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: Covered or concealed beneath earth or another substance, or treated as buried by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reigned

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Past-tense or past-participial form of reign (to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority).

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stead

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The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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2 Chronicles 33:21

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twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reign

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Sense 1: To exercise kingly rule, dominion, governing power, or controlling power. Sense 2: Royal rule or dominion, or the period during which a ruler governs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reigned

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Past-tense or past-participial form of reign (to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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19His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

20¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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

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22But 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;

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