Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 33:22

"And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them." — 2 Chronicles 33:22 (ASV)

For Amon sacrificed. —Literally, and to all the carven images which Manasseh his father had made did Amon sacrifice. Compare this to 2 Kings 21:21: “and he walked in all the way in which his father had walked, and served the idols which his father had served, and worshipped them.” (In that passage from Kings, Idols is gillulîm, “dunglings,” a term the Chronicler never uses.)

The statement of our text seems to imply that the “carven images” made by Manasseh had not been destroyed, but only cast aside (see Note on 2 Chronicles 33:15).

It indicates a defect of judgment to say with Reuss that Manasseh’s reforms are called into question by this. The whole history is a succession of reforms followed by relapses, and the words of the sacred writer should not be taken to mean that the images Amon worshipped were the very ones his penitent father had discarded, but only images of the same imaginary gods.