2 Kings 21:24

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

22He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and didn’t live the Lord’s way. 23Amon’s officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace. Then 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? 26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. His son Josiah succeeded him as king.

2 Kings 21:24 word by word

וַיַּךְ֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָמ֑וֹן וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ עַם־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֶת־יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• all them that had conspiredקָשַׁרqâshar · to conspireH7194
• against kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Amonאָמוֹן'âmôn · AmonH526
• made Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּyô'shîyâh yô'shîyâhû · JosiahH2977
• his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Kings 21:24

• 2 Kings 14:5As soon as he had a firm control over the kingdom, he executed the officials who had killed his father, the former king.
• 2 Kings 11:17Jehoiada made a promise to the Lord on behalf of the king and his people that they would be the Lord’s people. He made other promises between the king and the people.
• 2 Kings 14:21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
• 1 Samuel 11:15Then all the troops went to Gilgal, and there in the Lord’s presence, they confirmed Saul as their king. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings to the Lord. Saul and all of Israel’s soldiers celebrated.
• 2 Samuel 5:3All the leaders of Israel had come to Hebron. King David made an agreement with them at Hebron in front of the Lord. So they anointed David king of Israel.
• 1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
• 2 Chronicles 22:1The people of Jerusalem made Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, because the raiders who came to the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25Then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

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

Topics related to 2 Kings 21:24

• Amon
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Josiah

In the dictionaries

• Josiah
• Amon
• Congregation
• Kings, The Books of
• Prey
• Wipe
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Kings, Books of
• Manasses, the Prayer of
• Shebna

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