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, the God of his ancestors, and he refused to follow the Lord’s ways. 23Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. But 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. 26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Josiah became the next 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 14:5When Amaziah was well established as king, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father.
• 2 Kings 11:17Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people that they would be the Lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
• 2 Kings 14:21All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father, Amaziah.
• 1 Samuel 11:15So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the Lord they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.
• 2 Samuel 5:3So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the Lord with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel.
• 1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
• 2 Chronicles 22:1Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, their next king, since the marauding bands who came with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigned as king of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah’s sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah the next king.

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