2 Kings 21:23
And his servants plotted against him, and slew the king in his own house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
In Context
22And forsook the Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 16:9And his servant Zambri, who was captain of half the horsemen, rebelled against him: now Ela was drinking in Thersa, and drunk in the house of Arsa the governor of Thersa.
2 Kings 12:20And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the descent of Sella.
2 Kings 15:25And Phacee the son of Romelia, his captain conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the tower of the king's house, near Argob, and near Arie, and with him fifty men of the sons of the Galaadites, and he slew him and reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 33:24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
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 →