2 Kings 21:24
And the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:3Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king unto Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David as king over Israel.
1 Kings 12:20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jerobo'am was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, save the tribe of Judah alone.
2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.
2 Kings 22:1Eight years old was Josiah when he became king, and thirty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Yedidah, the daughter of 'Adayah of Bozkath.
2 Chronicles 26:1And all the people of Judah took 'Uzziyahu, who was then sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.
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 →