2 Kings 21:24
Verse 24 of 26. The 21st of 25 chapters in 2 Kings, in History.
20And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did.
21And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
22And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
23And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
24And 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.
25Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
26And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 21:24 in the World English Bible
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.Read 2 Kings 21:24 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:24
Here is a short account of the short and inglorious reign of Amon, the son of Manasseh. Whether Manasseh, in his blind and brutish zeal for his idols, had sacrificed his other sons—or whether, having been dedicated to his idols, they were refused by the people—so it was that his successor was a son not born till he was forty-five years old. And of him we are here told, 1.
Read Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:19–26: Amon's Reign and Death. (b. c. 643.)
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