Jehoiachin did the things that the Lord said were wrong. He did all the same things that his father had done.
Manasseh did the things that the Lord said were wrong. Manasseh did the terrible things the other nations did. (And the Lord forced those nations to leave their country when the Israelites came.)
Amon did the things the Lord said were wrong, just like his father Manasseh.
Amon lived just like his father. Amon worshiped and served the same idols [266] his father did.
At that time, the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and surrounded it.
He went on hunts with the adult lions.\par He became a strong young lion.\par He learned to catch his food.\par He killed and ate a man.\par