2 Kings 21:24
in 2 Kings 21But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 21
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The intention of the conspirators had perhaps been to declare a forfeiture of the crown by the existing line, and to place a new dynasty on the throne. This the people would not suffer. They arrested them and put them to death; and insisted on investing with the royal authority the true heir of David, the eldest son of Amon, though he was a boy only 8 years old.
This site's exposition
slew the king in his own house
on 2 Kings 21:23-24
Amon's own servants conspire against him and kill him inside his own house, the second king in the book to die by conspiracy rather than in office. The people of the land intervene and execute the conspirators rather than letting the throne pass to whatever faction killed him, then place Josiah, Amon's son, on the throne in his place. Their action preserves the Davidic line at the very moment a coup might have broken it, one more turn of the thread that keeps a light burning in Jerusalem for David's sake.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the L ORD , after the abominations of the heathen, whom the L ORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against King Amon,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign--This prince continued the idolatrous policy of his father; and, after an inglorious reign of two years, he was massacred by some of his own domestics.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּךְ֙ | vaiyakh | and it struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֵ֥ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים | hakosherim | those [who] had conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אָמ֑וֹן | ʾamon | Amon | H526 → | 17 times |
| וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ | vaiyamlikhu | and they made king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| עַם־ | ʾam- | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאָ֛רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ | yoshiyahu | Josiah | H2977 → | 53 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיַּךְ֙and it struck down
vaiyakhH5221 →499 times
עַם־[the] people of
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֵ֥ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖יםthose [who] had conspired
hakosherimH7194 →44 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אָמ֑וֹןAmon
ʾamonH526 →17 times
וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּand they made king
vaiyamlikhuH4427 →348 times
עַם־[the] people of
ʾam-H5971 →1873 times
הָאָ֛רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּJosiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times
בְנ֖וֹson his
venoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 2:4
Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- 1 Samuel 16:13
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- 1 Samuel 23:18
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
- 2 Samuel 2:4
Through
1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 10:8
And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show…
- 1 Samuel 10:17
After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 1 Samuel 10:8
Through
1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:32
But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I…
- 1 Kings 11:32
Through
2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
it leads to
- Matthew 1:8–9
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- Matthew 1:8–9
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.