2 Chronicles 33:24

And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.

In Context

23He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

25But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

2 Kings 21:23And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.

2 Chronicles 24:25And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease,) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

Psalms 55:23\55:22\Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 33:22-25

The Reign and Death of Amon. ( b. c. 641.) 21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; 23 And humbled not himself before the Lord , as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. 24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own… Read the whole commentary →

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