Tree of Life Version
2 Kings 21:23
23Then Amon’s courtiers conspired against him and assassinated the king in his own palace.
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
21So he walked in all the ways that his father had walked in, and worshipped the idols that his father had worshipped, and bowed down to them. 22He abandoned Adonai, God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Adonai. Then Amon’s courtiers conspired against him and assassinated the king in his own palace. 24But the people of the land put to death all the conspirators against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place. 25Now the rest of the deeds of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Read all of 2 Kings 212 Kings 21:23 word by word
וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־אָמ֖וֹן עָלָ֑יו וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 21:23
- 2 Kings 12:20Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 14:19They conspired against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and assassinated him there.
- 2 Kings 15:25Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his aide, conspired against him and assassinated him in Samaria, in the castle of the royal palace, along with Argob, Arieh, and 50 Gileadite men. So he killed him and became king in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:27Then Baasa son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasa struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
- 1 Kings 16:9Then his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariotry, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, making himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace in Tirzah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:24So his servants conspired against him and assassinated him in his own house.
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
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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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