2 Chronicles 33:24

And his servants conspire against him and put him to death in his own house,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23and has not been humbled before YHWH, like the humbling of his father Manasseh, for Amon himself has multiplied guilt.

25and the people of the land strike all those conspiring against King Amon, and the people of the land cause his son Josiah to reign in his stead.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6whoever sheds man’s blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God has He made man.

2 Kings 21:23And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house,

2 Chronicles 24:25And in their going from him—for they left him with many diseases—his servants themselves have conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dies; and they bury him in the City of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings.

Psalms 55:23And You, O God, bring them down || To a pit of destruction, || Men of blood and deceit do not reach to half their days, || And I 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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