22. His father had made. This statement seems to indicate that Manasseh had not destroyed, but had merely cast aside, the images he had made, unless the chronicler is merely expressing the fact that the images that Amon worshiped were those of the same gods that were worshiped by his father. The history of Judah has now become a mere succession of reforms and relapses, with each king following in the steps of one of his predecessors.