2 Kings 21:24
And the people of the land slew all that had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his room.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his house.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:3And all the elders of Israel come to the king to Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anoint David king over all Israel.
1 Kings 12:20And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah and Benjamin only.
2 Kings 14:5And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants that had slain the king his father.
2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
2 Chronicles 26:1Then all the people of the land took Uzziah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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 →