2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land smote all the conspirators against King Amon,—and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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In Context
24And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death, in his own house.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5And surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it,—and from the hand of man From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man:
Numbers 35:33So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for blood, doth pollute the land, and for the land, no propitiatory-covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;
2 Chronicles 26:1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, when, he, was sixteen years old,—and made him king, instead of his father Amaziah.
2 Chronicles 36:1And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah,—and made him king instead of his father, in Jerusalem.
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 →