And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
Amon was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza. He was succeeded as king of Judah by his son Josiah. Josiah was eight years old when he became king after his father Amon was murdered.
The verse is one link in Judah's succession of Ahaziah, Athaliah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah or Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoahaz. It runs alongside Israel's kings from Joram through Jehu's dynasty to Hoshea, when Israel ended by Assyria under Shalmaneser and Sargon, a wonderfully interesting period covering nearly 300 years with the prophets Hosea, Jonah, Amos, Joel, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Zephaniah, and Nahum. It belongs to the history of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away, within the period covered by the books of Kings from Solomon's accession to the Babylonian captivity. It belongs to Judah's spotted record in which the kingdom always prospered under righteous, faithful rulers, yet rulers turning from God to the grossest idolatry brought calamity upon themselves and their people.
Josiah was a good king and one of Judah's two decided reformers. His coming to the throne followed the wicked and weak closing reigns of the kings of Judah, and he was a good king who conducted a reformation supported by godly priests and counselors, the one bright chapter in that closing history. He was a devoted, zealous reformer, but he could not stop Judah's decline; after his death the kingdom soon fell to Nebuchadnezzar.
Amon was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza. He was succeeded as king of Judah by his son Josiah. Josiah was eight years old when he became king after his father Amon was murdered.
The verse is one link in Judah's succession of Ahaziah, Athaliah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah or Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoahaz. It runs alongside Israel's kings from Joram through Jehu's dynasty to Hoshea, when Israel ended by Assyria under Shalmaneser and Sargon, a wonderfully interesting period covering nearly 300 years with the prophets Hosea, Jonah, Amos, Joel, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Zephaniah, and Nahum. It belongs to the history of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away, within the period covered by the books of Kings from Solomon's accession to the Babylonian captivity. It belongs to Judah's spotted record in which the kingdom always prospered under righteous, faithful rulers, yet rulers turning from God to the grossest idolatry brought calamity upon themselves and their people.
Josiah was a good king and one of Judah's two decided reformers. His coming to the throne followed the wicked and weak closing reigns of the kings of Judah, and he was a good king who conducted a reformation supported by godly priests and counselors, the one bright chapter in that closing history. He was a devoted, zealous reformer, but he could not stop Judah's decline; after his death the kingdom soon fell to Nebuchadnezzar.