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 followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped. 22He abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the Lord’s ways. Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. 24But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king. 25The rest of the events in Amon’s reign and what he did are recorded in The Book of the History 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 12:20Joash’s officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.
• 2 Kings 14:19There was a conspiracy against Amaziah’s life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.
• 2 Kings 15:25Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah’s army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. And Pekah reigned in his place.
• 1 Kings 15:27Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.
• 1 Kings 16:9Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.
• 2 Chronicles 33:24Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated 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