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2 Kings 21:23

Amon's officials plotted against him and murdered him in his royal palace.

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In The King James Version

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

In Context

22He rejected the Lord, the God of his forefathers, and did not follow the way of the Lord.

24But then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon, and they chose his son Josiah king to succeed him.

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Cross References

1 Kings 16:9One of Elah's officials called Zimri who was in charge of half his chariots plotted a rebellion against him. One time Elah was in Tirzah, getting himself drunk at the home of Arza, the palace manager at Tirzah.

2 Kings 12:20His officials plotted against him and murdered him at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 15:25Pekah, son of Remaliah, one of his officers plotted against him together with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men from Gilead. Pekah attacked and killed Pekahiah in the fortress of the king's palace in Samaria, and took over as king.

2 Chronicles 33:24Then Amon's officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace.

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 →

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