2 Chronicles 33:24

And when his servants had sworn together against him, they killed him in his house.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And he reverenced not the face of the Lord, as Manasseh, his father, reverenced, (or And he did not humble himself before the Lord, like his father Manasseh had humbled himself); and he did much greater trespasses than his father did.

25Soothly the residue multitude of the people, after that they had slain them that had slain Amon, ordained Josiah, his son, king for him.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:6Whoever sheddeth out man’s blood, his blood shall be shed; for man is made to the image of God (or for man is made in the image of God).

2 Kings 21:23And his servants setted treasons to him, and killed the king in his house. (And his servants set treason against him, and killed the king in his own house.)

2 Chronicles 24:25and they went away from him, and they left him in great sorrows. And his servants rose up against him, into vengeance of the blood of the son of Jehoiada, priest; and killed him in his bed, and he was dead. And they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of kings. (and then they went away from him, and they left him in great sorrows. And then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of the High Priest Jehoiada; and they killed him in his bed, and he was dead. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.)

Psalms 55:23But thou, God, shalt lead them forth; into the pit of death. Men-quellers and beguilers shall not have half their days; but, Lord, I shall hope in thee. (But murderers and deceivers shall not have half their days; for thou, God, shalt lead them forth, into the pit of death. But, O Lord, I shall put my trust in thee.)

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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