2 Kings 21 · Verse 24

2 Kings 21:24

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.
2 Kings 21:24, King James Version

2 Kings 21:24 in other translations

BSBBut the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
WEBBut 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.
ASVBut 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.
YLTand the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.
DARBYBut the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
BBEBut the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Kings 21:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 21:19-24

19-24. 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 people slew the regicide conspirators and placed his son Josiah on the throne.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 21:19-26

Amon profaned God's house with his idols; and God suffered his house to be polluted with his blood. How unrighteous soever they were that did it, God was righteous who suffered it to be done. Now was a happy change from one of the worst, to one of the best of the kings of Judah. Once more Judah was tried with a reformation. Whether the Lord bears long with presumptuous offenders, or speedily cuts them off in their…

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2 Kings 21:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּךְ֙vai.yaKhand it struck downH5221
עַם\־'am-[the] people ofH5971
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖יםha.ko.she.Rimthose [who] had conspiredH7194
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אָמ֑וֹן'a.MonAmonH526
וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּvai.yam.Li.khuand they made kingH4427
עַם\־'am-[the] people ofH5971
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977
בְנ֖וֹve.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃tach.Tavin place of himH8478

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Cross references for 2 Kings 21:24

  • 2 Kings 14:5

    And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

  • 1 Kings 12:1

    And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 2 Kings 11:17

    And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:25

    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.

  • 1 Kings 12:20

    And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:1

    Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Kings 14:21

    And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:1

    And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

  • 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

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the people of the land slew.
14:5
made Josiah.
11:17; 14:21; 1Sa 11:15; 2Sa 5:3; 1Ki 12:1,20; 2Ch 22:1; 26:1; 33:25

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Context

  • 2 Kings 21:23

    And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.

  • 2 Kings 21:24

    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.

  • 2 Kings 21:25

    Now 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?

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2 Kings 21:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces el pueblo de la tierra hirió á todos los que habían conspirado contra el rey Amón; y puso el pueblo de la tierra por rey en su lugar á Josías su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais le peuple du pays tua tous ceux qui avaient conspiré contre le roi Amon; et le peuple du pays établit pour roi Josias, son fils, à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da erschlug das Volk des Landes alle, die sich wider den König Amon verschworen hatten; und das Volk des Landes machte Josia, seinen Sohn, zum König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Percussit autem populus terræ omnes qui conjuraverant contra regem Amon, et constituerunt sibi regem Josiam filium ejus pro eo.