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2 Kings 21:23 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 21 · verse 23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.2 Kings 21:23 · King James Version
2 Kings 21:23 in context
21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
22And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
24And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- conspiredqâsharto tie, physically or mentallyH7194 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- AmonʼÂmôwnAmon, the name of three IsraelitesH526 →
- slewmûwthto dieH4191 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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Here is a short account of the short and inglorious reign of Amon, the son of Manasseh. Whether Manasseh, in his blind and brutish zeal for his idols, had sacrificed his other sons - or whether, having been dedicated to his idols, they were refused by the people - so it was that his successor was a son not born till…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-26