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 lived like his father in every way and worshiped and prayed to the idols his father had worshiped. 22He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and didn’t live the Lord’s way. Amon’s officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace. 24Then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place. 25Isn’t everything else about Amon—the things he did—written in the official record 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 own officials plotted against him and killed him at Beth Millo on the road that goes down to Silla.
• 2 Kings 14:19Conspirators in Jerusalem plotted against him, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent men to Lachish after him and killed him there.
• 2 Kings 15:25His officer Pekah, son of Remaliah, plotted against him. With 50 men from Gilead, Pekah attacked Pekahiah, Argob, and Arieh in the fortress of the royal palace in Samaria. Pekah killed him and succeeded him as king.
• 1 Kings 15:27Then Baasha, son of Ahijah from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab. Baasha assassinated him in the Philistine city of Gibbethon while Nadab and the Israelite forces were attacking it.
• 1 Kings 16:9But Zimri, the general who commanded half of Elah’s chariots, plotted against him. Elah was getting drunk in Tirzah at Arza’s house. (Arza was in charge of the palace in Tirzah.)
• 2 Chronicles 33:24His officials plotted against him and killed him in his 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