American Standard Version
2 Kings 21:24
24But 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.
2 Kings 21:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.
Context of 2 Kings 21:24
22and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah. 23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house. But 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? 26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
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וַיַּךְ֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָמ֑וֹן וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ עַם־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֶת־יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Kings 21:24
- 2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:
- 2 Kings 11:17And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah’s people; between the king also and the people.
- 2 Kings 14:21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 1 Samuel 11:15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
- 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
- 1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 22:1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
- 2 Chronicles 26:1And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25But 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.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 21:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24The intention of the conspirators had perhaps been to declare a forfeiture of the crown by the existing line, and to place a new dynasty on the throne. This the people would not suffer. They arrested them and put them to death; and insisted on investing with the royal authority the true heir of David, the eldest son of Amon, though he was a boy only 8 years old.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
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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
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