2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.
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23And the servants of Amon made a secret design against him, and put the king to death in his house.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:3So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.
1 Kings 12:20Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
2 Kings 14:5Now when he became strong in the kingdom, straight away he put to death those servants who had taken the life of the king his father;
2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
2 Chronicles 26:1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:20-26
Amon's Reign and Death. ( b. c. 643.) 19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , as his father Manasseh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: 22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord . 23 And… Read the whole commentary →