2 Kings 21:24

But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

In Context

23Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace.

25If you want to read about [RHQ] the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:3So while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron that David would be their king. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him with olive oil to set him apart to be the king of the Israeli people.

1 Kings 12:20When the Israeli people heard that Jeroboam had returned from Egypt, they invited him to come to a meeting, and there they appointed him to be the king of Israel. Only the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin continued to be loyal to the kings descended from King [MTY] David.

2 Kings 14:5As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.

2 Kings 22:1Josiah was eight years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years. His mother was Jedidah and his grandfather was Adaiah from Bozkath town.

2 Chronicles 26:1After King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. One of the things that happened while he was the king was that his men captured Elath town on the Gulf of Aqaba and rebuilt it.

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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