2 Chronicles 33:25

Soothly 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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In The King James Version

But 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

24And when his servants had sworn together against him, they killed him in his house.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5for I shall seek the blood of your lives, of the hand of all unreasonable beasts and of the hand of man, of the hand of man and of his brother, I shall seek the life of man. (for I shall seek justice for any spilt blood of your lives, from any unreasoning beast, and from any man, yea, from any man, and from any of his brothers, I shall seek their life if any of them take the life of someone.)

Numbers 35:33lest ye defoul the land of your habitation, which is defouled by the (shedding of the) blood of innocent men; and it may not be cleansed in (any) other manner, no but by the blood of him, that shedded the blood of another man.

2 Chronicles 26:1Forsooth all the people of Judah made Uzziah + 26:1 Also known as Azariah., his son, of sixteen years age, king for his father Amaziah. (Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, (or Azariah), Amaziah’s son, (who was) sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father.)

2 Chronicles 36:1Therefore the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and ordained him king for his father in Jerusalem. (And so the people of the land took Jehoahaz, Josiah’s son, and made him king in place 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 →

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