The standard formula summarizing the reign of a ruler is used here without any supplementary information. This seems to suggest that there was nothing during the brief reign of Amon that distinguished it.

As in previous cases, the rhetorical question of Revised Standard Version may be better rendered as a direct statement and translators should be careful with the word Chronicles (see verse 17).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Kings, Volume 2. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .