2 Kings 21:23

2 Kings 21:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
• New International Version (NIV)Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.

Context of 2 Kings 21:23

21He walked in all the [evil] ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them; 22he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord. But the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house (palace). 24Then the people of the land [of Judah] killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. 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?

2 Kings 21:23 word by word

וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־אָמ֖וֹן עָלָ֑יו וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• of Amonאָמוֹן'âmôn · AmonH526
• conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• against him, and slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• in his own houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for 2 Kings 21:23

• 2 Kings 12:20His servants arose and formed a conspiracy [against him] and struck down Joash [in revenge] at the house of Millo, [on the way] that goes down to Silla.
• 2 Kings 14:19Now a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and Amaziah fled [south] to Lachish; but they sent [men] after him to Lachish and killed him there.
• 2 Kings 15:25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against Pekahiah and struck him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with Pekah were fifty Gileadites. So he killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.
• 1 Kings 15:27Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house (tribe) of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
• 1 Kings 16:9His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against Elah. Now Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the [king’s] household in Tirzah.
• 2 Chronicles 33:24And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house (palace).

Commentaries on 2 Kings 21:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The servants of Amon conspired - What their reason was for slaying their king we cannot tell. It does not seem to have been a popular act, for the people of the land rose up and slew the regicides. We hear enough of this man when we hear that he was as bad as his father was in the beginning of his reign, but did not copy his father's repentance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23This conspiracy may have been due to the popular reaction against the extreme idolatry which the young king had established.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Now was a happy change from one of the worst, to one of the best of the kings of Judah. Once more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in their sins, all must perish who…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2419-24. Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign--This prince continued the idolatrous policy of his father; and, after an inglorious reign of two years, he was massacred by some of his own domestics. The people slew the regicide conspirators and placed his son Josiah on the throne.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 21:23

• Amon
• Backsliders
• Citizens
• Conspiracy
• Homicide
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Amon
• Kings, The Books of
• Prey
• Wipe
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Kings, Books of
• Manasses, the Prayer of
• Shebna
• Zephaniah, Book of

Commentaries on 2 Kings 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings