2 Chronicles 33:24

Then Amon's officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23However, he did not admit his pride before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done—in fact Amon made his guilt even worse.

25But the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.

2 Kings 21:23Amon's officials plotted against him and murdered him in his royal palace.

2 Chronicles 24:25When the Arameans departed, they left Joash badly wounded. But then his own officers plotted against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the cemetery of the kings.

Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring down murderers and liars, throwing them into the pit of destruction before they have even lived half their lives. As for me, I will trust in you.

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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